FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION / 101


EDF 6232-Principles of Learning and Instructional Practice (3)
Topics include transfer of training, reinforcement, forgetting, and
problem solving.
EDF 6355-Educational Psychology: Personality Dynamics (3)
Dynamics of behavior and their implications for education,
counseling and guidance, administration, family relationships,
and social action.
EDF 6338-Self-Concept Theory and Its Application to Educa-
tion (3) An in-depth examination, including basic principles,
research, and applications in educational settings.
EDF 6401-Educational Statistics (3) Prereq: STA 3013 or 3023.
Primarily for Ed.D. candidates. Application to educational data
and problems.
EDF 6403-Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research
(6) Prereq: STA 3013, 3023, or equivalent. Integrated coverage
of fundamentals in the general field of education research.
Includes statistics, experimental design, and data processing.
EDF 6436-Theory of Measurement (4) Prereq: STA 3013 or
3023; EDF 4430. Introductory study of true score models, relia-
bility, validity, norms, scaling, item analysis, and basic elements
of instrument construction.
EDF 6475-Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research (4)
Introduction to philosophical, historical, sociological, and other
methodologies as aspects of qualitative educational research.
EDF 6481-Quantitative Research Methods in Education (4)
Prereq:STA 3013, 3023 orequivalent. Design and data analysis
for educational research.
EDF 6487-Assessment of Classroom Behavior (3) Instruction in
at least four systems for measuring teacher-pupil behavior,
representing the social-emotional and cognitive domains. Ob-
servation practiced in classrooms as well as with audio and
videotape and film.
EDF 6520-History of Education (3) Salient issues in education
from the Reformation to the present.
EDF 6525-Ancient and Medieval Education (3) Pedagogical
practice and thought in China, India, Semitic nations, Greece,
Rome, Islam, and Medieval and Renaissance Europe.
EDF 6544-Philosophical Foundations of Education (3) Philo-
sophical bases for democracy and education.
EDF 6606-Socioeconomic Foundation of Education (3) Socio-
logical analysis of democratic educational aims, the school as a
social system, interest groups, the teaching profession, and
economic stratification in America.
EDF 6608-School and Society (3) Sociocultural framework for
understanding the relationship between a society and its educa-
tional system.
EDF 6630-Educational Sociology (3) Sociological theory and
research with direct relevance to the study of education.
EDF 6712-Comparative Education (3) Relationships of school
and society in different cultural areas of the world.
EDF 6820-Education in Latin America (3) Traditions and con-
temporary social, political, and cultural aspects.
EDF 6905-Individual Study (1-3; max: 12) Prereq: consent of
department chairman. For advanced students who wish to study
individual problems in psychological, social, or philosophical
foundations of education, or research and measurement under
faculty guidance.
EDF 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) Prereq: consent of
department chairman. S/U.
EDF 6933-Seminar on Research on Effective Teaching (3)
Systematic observation as a frame of reference for recording,
analyzing, and conceptualizingteaching; research results; impli-
cations for teaching and learning.
EDF 6938-Special Topics (1-3; max: 12) Prereq: consent of
department chairman.
EDF 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) Prereq: consent of
department chairman. S/U.
EDF 6941-Practicum in Educational Research (2-9; max: 9) .
Prereq: EDF 6403. Arrangements must be made with instructor
prior to registration. Experience in conducting various phases of
quantitative or qualitative educational research under individual
supervision.
EDF 6943-Practicum in Educational Psychology (3; max: 9)
Prereq: consent of instructor. Supervised experience in a practi-
cal work situation dealing with problems and issues appropriate
to psychological foundations and their resolution.
EDF 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
EDF 7146-Educational Psychology: Cognition in the Educative
Process (3) Prereq: EDF 6113. Cognitive development as applied
to curriculum development and teaching procedures.
EDF 7186-Educational Psychology: Advanced Seminar in Aging


(3) Prereq: EDF 6185 or consent of instructor. Research literature
on aging process; implications for education planning; critical
examination of existing programs.
EDF 7229-Advanced Educational Psychology: Learning (3; max:
9) Prereq: EDF 6215. Educational implications of contemporary
approaches to learning. Relationship between topics in learning
and their implications for instructional practices.
EDF 7405-Advanced Quantitative Foundations of Educational
Research (4; max: 8) Prereq: EDF 6403. Integrated coverage of
important approaches to educational research. Includes applica-
tion of experimental design, regression analysis, and computer
processing to selected educational research problems.
EDF 7432-Advanced Psychometric Theory (3; max: 6) Prereq:
EDF 6436 or equivalent. Study of theoretical problems related to
test construction. Current developments in reliability and validity
estimation; alternate true-score models; item analysis and scoring
techniques, scaling, assessing latent traits, and methods for psy-
chometric research.
EDF 7439-Item Response Theory (3) Prereq: EDF 6436. Psy-
chometric models for test scores; estimation of ability and item
parameters; applications of and current issues in IRT.
EDF 7486-Methods of Educational Research (3) Prereq: STA
3013 or 3023. Primarily for Ed.D. candidates. Examination of
research methodologies. Problem identification as well as organi-
zation and presentation of data.
EDF 7491-Evaluation of Educational Products and Systems (3)
Prereq: EDF 6403 or equivalent. Models and methods for forma-
tive and summative evaluation of educational products and
programs.
EDF 7555-Values and Ethics in Education (3) The conception and
role of values in education, with special emphasis on moral values
(ethics).
EDF 7573-Contemporary Education Theories (3) Seminar for
post-master's students. Contemporary philosophical theories of
education.
EDF 7584-Educational Classics (3; max: 6) Historical and philo-
sophical examination of enduring writings on education from
ancient to modern times.
EDF 7639-Research in Educational Sociology (3) Reading and
interpreting sociological research and writing integrative research
reviews.
EDF 7931-Seminar in Educational Research (3; max: 6) Prereq:
EDF 6403. In-depth examination of specific methodological
approaches to educational research.
EDF 7932-Analysis of Educational Research (3) Prereq: EDF
6403. Review of selected studies with focus on methods of data
analysis. Emphasis on use of multivariate techniques.
EDF 7934-Seminar in Educational Foundations (3; max: 12)
Advanced study in historical, philosophical, social, psychologi-
cal, aesthetic, and comparative foundations; and educational
research and methodology.
EDF 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral stu-
dents before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with
a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have
been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who
have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
EDF 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
SPS 6191-Psychoeducational Assessment I (3) Coreq: SPS 6941.
Techniques for assessing intelligence, adaptive behavior, and
achievement of children and school-aged adolescents. Emphasis
on standardized instruments.
SPS 6192-Psychoeducational Assessment II (3) Prereq: SPS
6191; coreq: SPS 6941. Techniques for assessing social and
emotional functioning of the school-aged child; supervised expe-
rience in assessment and report writing.
SPS 6941-Practicum in School Psychology (1-4; max: 8) Prereq:
consent of instructor. S/U.
SPS 7197-Psychoeducational Assessment III (3) Prereq: SPS
6191; coreq: SPS 6941. Synthesis of sources and techniques of
psychoeducational assessment for school-related application and
problems.
SPS 7205-School Psychology Consultation (3) Coreq: SPS 6941.
Concepts, processes, and issues related to the practice of school-
based consultation as an intervention technique of school psy-
chologists.
SPS 7809-Advanced Topics in School Psychology (3; max: 6)
Prereq: consent of instructor. In-depth analysis of selected
developments in school psychology.
SPS 7931-Seminar in School Psychology (1-3; max: 3) Prereq:
consent of instructor. Issues pertinent to the professional practice
of school psychology.