Home EDD 630 Syllabus
Page Contents
Top General Info Schedule and Readings Final Project

EDD 630, Section 7934
Educational Research Seminar: Overcoming Adversity
Fall, 2010


“We acquire the strength we have overcome.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mondays, 4:40 – 6:20 pm
Room 3S-113

Instructor: El Samuels, Ph.D. Office: 3S-207A
E-mail: el.samuels@csi.cuny.edu Phone: 718-982-4130
Office Hours: Mondays, 6:20 – 7:20 pm
Wednesdays, 4:40 – 5:30 pm
And by appointment

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus for EDD 630 contains information about the course outcomes and organization, grading weights, course assessment and management, the required CITI ethics training, etc.


Tentative Section Schedule

Following is a tentative schedule for our section. Of course, this schedule and its content may well be altered to better meet your needs and interests as well as the course objectives.

Any updates to the schedule will be made to this online schedule. You may have to refresh this page in your browser window (e.g., by pressing the F5 key) to see the changes.

Date Topic Prep/Material Covered Event/Notes
Aug 29 Class Canceled   Hurricane Irene
Sept 12
  1. Course Overview, Goals, Strategies, etc.

  2. Foundations of Science
  1. The Syllabus

  2. Stanovich, P. J. & Stanovich, K. E. (2003). Using Research and Reason in Education: How Teachers Can Use Scientifically Based Research to Make Curricular & Instructional Decisions. Washington, DC: US Department of Education.
 
Sept 19     Initial Program Considerations Due and Discussed
Sept 26 Experimental Design and Statistical Inference    
Oct 3
  1. Design and Evaluation Considerations

  2. Conducting On-Line Literature Searches
  1. Anatomy of an Article

  2. Chen, G. (2008). Communities, students, schools, and school crime: A confirmatory study of crime in U. S. high schools. Urban Education, 43(3), 301 – 318.

  3. Pritchard, M. E. and Wilson, G. S. (2003). Using emotional and social factors to predict student success. Journal of College Student Development, 44(1), 18 – 28.

  1. Class Will Be Held in 3S–206 (the Computer Lab)

  2. Ethics Training Due
Oct 17 Obradović, J., Long, J. D., Cutuli, J. J., Chan, C.-K., Hinz, E., Heistad, D., and Masten, A. (2009). Academic achievement of homeless and highly mobile children in an urban school district: Longitudinal evidence on risk, growth, and resilience. Development and Psychopathology, 21(2), 493 – 518. Marked-Up Version of Obradović et al. (2009)
Oct 24 Intervention and Literature Review Updates Reflections on Initial Program Idea Due and Peer Reviewed
Oct 31 Effects of Poverty and Impoverishment Readings Discussed in Class
  1. Bradley, R. H. & Corwyn, R. F. (2002). Socioeconomic status and child development. Annual Review of Psychology, 53(1), 371 – 399.

  2. Brooks-Gunn, J. & Duncan, G. J. (1997). The effects of poverty on children. The Future of Children, 7(2), 55 – 71.

  3. Gabalda, M. K.; Thompson, M. P. & Kaslow, N. J. (2010). Risk and protective factors for psychological adjustment among low-income, African American children. Journal of Family Issues, 31, 423 - 444.
Supplemental Readings (not required)
  1. Barone, C., Weissberg, R. P., Kasprow, W. J., & Voyce, C. K. (1995). Involvement in multiple problem behaviors of young urban adolescents. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 15(3), 261 – 283.

  2. Kilmer, R. P., Cowen, E. L., Wyman, P. A., Work, W. C., & Magnus, K. B. (1998). Differences in stressors experienced by urban African American, White, and Hispanic children. Journal of Community Psychology, 26(5), 415 – 428.

  3. Attar, B. K., Guerra, N. G., & Tolan, P. H. (1994). Neighborhood disadvantage, stressful life events, and adjustment in urban elementary-school children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 23(4), 391 – 400.

  4. Walpole, M. (2003). Socioeconomic status and college: How SES affects college experiences and outcomes. Review of Higher Education: Journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, 27(1), 45 – 73.

  5. McLoyd, V. C. (1997). The impact of poverty and low socioeconomic status on the socioemotional functioning of African-American children and adolescents: Mediating effects. In R. D. Taylor and M. C. Wong (Eds.), Social and Emotional Adjustment and Family Relations in Ethnic Minority Families. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
 
Nov 7 Introduction to Resilience
  1. Novotney, A. (2009). Resilient kids learn better: New research by Martin E. P. Seligman shows how a more positive curriculum pays off. Monitor on Psychology, 40, 32 – 33.

  2. Condly, S. J. (2006). Resilience in children: A review of literature with implications for education. Urban Education, 41, 211 – 236.

  3. Brackenreed, D. (2010). Resilience and risk. International Education Studies, 3, 111 – 121
 
Nov 14 Program Development Workshop   Evaluation Considerations Due and Discussed
Nov 21 Resilience and Personality    
Nov 28 Resilience and Personality (cont.) Peer Review Due
Dec 5 Resilience and Environment
  1. Further Development of Program and Evaluation Due and Discussed;

  2. IRB Proposal Due
Dec 12 Program and Evaluation Workshop  
Dec 21 No Class   Final Project Due