On 6 May 99, I surveyed the list regarding preferences for teaching
Research Methods. Thank you to each of you who took the time to respond
and I am sorry for taking so long to summarize these. I have tried to
summarize the responses below and I will also send the actual messages
as part of a separate message titled, "LONG - Res. Meth. Survey Compilation"
> To those of you who teach a Research Methods course:
>
> 1) What percentage of time during the term do you spend in class on
> demonstrations and lab-type data collection and analysis as opposed to
> covering content and principles underlying research methods? This does
> not include out-of-class time spent on projects.
This question was generally taken as referring only to class lecture periods
in classes in which there was a lab period. Responses varied wildly (as
TIPSters are wont to do) from 0% lecture to 100% lecture. Of the 10
responses I was able to code to this question, 3 reported no time on demos
and data collection, 3 reported 10-20%, 2 reported 30-50%, 1 reported 60-
70% and 1 reported 100% of the time on demos and data collection.
> 2) Have you ever taught the course with separate lecture and lab
> components (like the natural sciences do) with maybe one or two
> content-coverage classes during the week and then a lab period? What do
> you think of this schedule?
It seems that most of the 12 responders use this format. 10/12 reported
teaching with separate lecture and lab periods. Of those who specified
credit hours, one reported two 3 credit hour courses (6 hours total) and
seven reported 4 credit hour courses with some combination of lecture and
lab. Of the remaining two that reported separate lecture and labs, one did
not mention credit hours and the other did not make it specific (it may be
three or six). I hope this compilation is helpful. Look for the actual
responses in the separate post mentioned above.
Rick
Dr. Rick Froman
Psychology Department
Box 3055
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, AR 72761
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