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'esearch (ethods (1)) ED'S 810 (3) Pro*#ems and (ethods in Education 'esearch (S+ring $013) Dr. ,ro&o ED'S 811 (3) -uantitati.e (ethods in Educationa# 'esearch (Summer $013)Dr. Dimitro. ED'S 81$ (3) -ua#itati.e (ethods in Educationa# 'esearch ("a## $01/)Dr. Samaras ED'S 8$1 (3) 0d.anced -uantitati.e (ethods in Educationa# 'esearch (S+ring $01/)Dr. Dimitro. EDRS 824 (3) Mixed Methods in Educational Research (Spring 2015) 3. Professiona# S+ecia#i&ation ($/)1 (u#ti#ingua#2(u#ticu#tura# Education
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P';P;SED D0:E ";' C;(P'E6E8S9<E P;':";49; 0SSESS(E8:1 032$01) P';%'0( '0:9;804E (+#ease re.ie! the Program %uide#ines for directions)1 $hrough this progra# o. stud%1 - hope to de#onstrate on ho2 - plan to 3uild a strong .oundation in #ethods o. research as 2ell as .urther explore the areas o. Multilingual4Multicultural Education (MME) and the *arious .actors that i#pact English learners such as socioecono#ic class and literac% gaps M% area o. research on 0ong5ter# English 0earners 2ill speci.icall% explore the role o. second language ac6uisition and acade#ic literac% pla% on the achie*e#ent o. these uni6ue learners - 3elie*e that the trans.er o. #% Master7s degree in 0inguistics as #% secondar% area o. concentration is i#portant 3ecause it is an area that - 2ill constantl% re.er to and dra2 upon as #% .ra#e o. re.erence in the area o. language learning -n addition1 MME does not o..er a *ariet% o. courses that are speci.icall% geared to2ards language ac6uisition and applied linguistics 8oth o. these areas are critical to #% research $he area that do .eel that - lac9 is the area o. literac% in language de*elop#ent and that is 2h% - ha*e decided to stud% literac% as #% secondar% area o. concentration - .eel that the #arriage o. these t2o disciplines1 linguistics and literac% 2ill nicel% align in #% area o. research -n ter#s o. research #ethodolog%1 - .eel that - need to 3e exposed to the *arious 6uantitati*e research #ethods a*aila3le 3ecause - do plan to use #ultiple regressions and perhaps a sur*e% as part o. #% dissertation -n addition1 as a .uture doctoral recipient1 - do .eel that - a# o3ligated 3% the research co##unit% to 3e 2ell *ersed in 6uantitati*e research and its i#plications in the .ield o. language and education &urther#ore1 - do 3elie*e that #% research 2ill in*ol*e 6ualitati*e 2or9 as 2ell $his is 2h% - a# suggesting ta9ing EDRS 824 Mixed Methods in the spring o. 2015 2hen - ha*e conceptuali:ed the direction o. #% research #ore .ull% -n ter#s o. non5research classes - plan to ta9e three classes in .all 2014 that all share si#ilar the#es; ho2e*er1 each highlights *arious areas that are critical to #% .uture research -n ED!" 883 Sociocultural $heor% and ED!" 8,( )chie*e#ent +ap1 - hope to 3etter de*elop an understanding o. the .actors in*ol*ed in the educational attain#ent o. language learners -n addition1 - 3elie*e that these classes 2ill add to the conceptual .ra#e2or9 o. #% research $o co#pli#ent this area o. social and cultural .actors i#pacting language learners7 education in the !nited States1 - 2ill ta9e EDRD 82, to 3etter understand the speci.ic role o. literac% and its i#pact on this #arginali:ed group )lthough these classes 2ill 3e ta9en si#ultaneousl%1 - 3elie*e that each 2ill enhance the other and hope.ull% o..er a deeper exploration o. #% area o. research <ith such a rich i##ersion in this area1 - .eel that 3% spring 2015 - 2ill ha*e a clearer *ision o. the direction #% research 2ill 3e ta9ing $here.ore1 in spring 2015 - hope to do an independent stud%1 2hich - 2ill propose to 3e a pilot stud% o. the research - 2ill e*entuall% 3e doing .or #% dissertation -n addition1 the last research course EDRS 824 2ill 3e ta9en in the sa#e se#ester and - hope 2ill aid in #% pilot stud% 8oth o. these courses together 2ill allo2 .or #e to continue to re.ine #% research s9ills as 2ell as appl% the s9ills - ha*e learned in a pilot stud% - hope in this se#ester to also 3e prepared to de.end #% co#prehensi*e port.olio -n su##er 20151 - 2ant to 3e a3le to participate in an internship that 2ill gi*e #e an opportunit% to loo9 at real English 0earner data and perhaps other areas that are i#pacted 3% this data such as pro.essional de*elop#ent1 teacher education1 and student outreach <ith this experience1 - hope that - 2ill ha*e de*eloped a clear1 .ocused1 and precise research 6uestion as 2ell 3e read% to de.end this proposal 3% &all 2015 <ith this in #ind1 - 3elie*e - 2ill 3e read% to 3egin #% dissertational research 3% spring 201'

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