Educational Studies Program Outcomes | Springfield College

Educational Studies Program Outcomes

Goal 1 : Students will know, understand, and be able to choose appropriate research designs.

  • SLO 1 : Students will identify and describe common research designs and methods.
  • SLO 2 : Students will select a research design that is appropriate to answer a research question.

Goal 2 : Students will construct a basic literature review in their area of study.

  • SLO 3 : Students will use investigative tools and resources to identify and collect research literature.
  • SLO 4 : Students will interpret and evaluate published research articles in their field of study.
  • SLO 5 : Students will organize and prioritize research literature based on relevance to a research question.

Goal 3 : Students will propose a research study.

  • SLO 6 : Students will develop contextually relevant and feasible research questions.
  • SLO 7 : Students will articulate a research design of choice meeting quality standards for qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approaches.
  • SLO 8 :  Students will seek and acquire permission from the appropriate Institutional Review Board(s). 

Goal 3 : Students will create a research proposal.

  • SLO 9 : Students will use investigative tools to gather data. 
  • SLO 10 : Students will analyze collected data.
  • SLO 11 : Students will integrate study results with literature and explore  how the results support, contradict, or enhance the literature review. 
  • SLO 12 : Students will communicate their research study with the Springfield College community via a poster presentation.