Masters Coursework
PET-605. Professional Issues in Physical Education. 3 Hr. Designed to examine current professional issues in physical education and the impact of these issues on the professional’s life.
PET-615. Research Methodology in Physical Education. 3 Hr. Application of historical, descriptive, and experimental research strategies and designs to physical education.
PET-638. Operant Principles for Physical Education. 3 Hr. Designed for the use and evaluation of operant principles in the development and control of motor behavior in physical education.
Applications will be made to traditional group and individually prescribed instructional systems in physical education.
PET-665. Curriculum in Physical Education. 3 Hr. Designed to examine the factors affecting curriculum development. Emphasis on research in the changing curriculum, and the selection and sequencing of developmentally appropriate activities for early, middle, and adolescent childhood.
PET-668. Issues in Motor Development. 3 Hr. Examines the contributions made to the body of knowledge of motor development by various theories of child development, psychology, learning, and ecology. A variety of theoretical perspectives, assessment techniques, and issues will be reviewed.
PET-671. Childhood Motor Development. 3 Hr. PR: PET 668. This course will study changes during childhood in motor behavior which reflect the interaction of the mover with contextual features of the environment and the demands of the movement task. Laboratory experiences with children included.
PET-680. Theory of Fitness Education. 3 Hr. This course explores the theoretical foundations and related literature underlying the provision of fitness education and the role of this content in physical education programs.
PET-681. Motor Development in Special Populations. 3 Hr. Designed to examine the motor developmental patterns of various special population groups focusing on physical education’s interactive role with the developmental process. Current developmental research related to the area will be emphasized. (Offered every third summer.)
PET-683. Principles of Effective Teaching. 3 Hr. Research-based principles of effective teaching as they relate to physical education. Students will examine and evaluate their own teaching practices through a series of reflective assignments.
PET-685. Physical Education Supervision Techniques. 3 Hr. Effective supervision practices for the perspective physical education directing teacher.
PET-686. Master Teacher Practicum. 3 Hr. Application of a wide range of prerequisite course competencies. Teachers will present before a faculty and peer audience evidence of the application of knowledge obtained in their MS program of studies to teaching settings. The results of their action research projects will be a major part of this final presentation. Teacher s will specify plans for continued professional development based on their reflective assessments of their own teaching.
PET-688. Applied Motor Learning. 3 Hr. Teachers are provided with principles of learning in physical education contexts. It is expected that teachers will be able to design developmentally appropriate task and practice structures, stimulate student cognitive and psychomotor engagement, and provide instruction that will facilitate skill development.
Doctoral Coursework
PET-745. Currciulum Development and Evaluation. 3 Hr. An historical and philosophical analysis of curriculum theory related to the preparation of physical education teachers with an emphasis on current models, content standards, curricular design and evaluation, as well as the curriculum accreditation.
PET-770 Motor Behavior Issues Seminar. 3Hr. Designed to examine the motor developmental patterns of various special population groups focusing on physical education’s interactive role with the developmental process. Current developmental research related to the area will be emphasized
PET-785 Behavior Analysis. 3 Hr. An analysis of research and its application to designing effective motor skill analysis programs for prospective teachers of physical education .
PET-791 Physical Activity and Health-related Fitness. 3Hr.
PET-791 Supervision. 3Hr. Designed to explore analytically the situational, relational processes between the administrator of physical education school programs and the teacher of physical education, the physical education facility, and the physical education planning learning environment.
PET-735/736 Directed Readings. 6 Hr. An examination of the literature that underline the knowledge base in physical education teaching and teacher education. The qualifying exam will be based on the 53 articles included in this course.
Educational Psychology Courses to be Used in the PhD Program, Research Core
EDP-612. Introduction to Research. 3 Hr. Basic concepts, strategies, methodologies, designs, and procedures of research in education. Major emphasis on integrating research designs, measurements, and statistics for initiating research projects, collecting and analyzing data, and interpreting and reporting findings.
EDP-613. Statistical Methods 1. 3 Hr. PR: MATH 126. Basic concepts of statistical models, distributions, probability, random variables, tests of hypotheses, confidence intervals, regressions, correlation, transformation, F and chi-square distributions, analysis of variance and sample size.
EDP-614. Statistical Methods 2. 3 Hr. PR: STAT 511. Extension of basic concepts of statistical models, design of experiments, multiway classification models, factorials, split plot design, simple covariance, orthogonal comparisons, multiple linear and nonlinear regression and correlation analysis, chi-square and nonparametric statistics.
EDP-711. Multivariate Methods 1. 3 Hr. PR: STAT 511 or equivalent. Basic matrix operations, multiple regression analysis, discriminant analysis for two groups, multivariate analysis if variance for one-and two-way designs, and analysis of covariance involving multiple covariates. Applying SPSS Procedure Matrix for data analyses. (Alternate years.)
EDP-712. Multivariate Methods 2. 3 Hr. PR: STAT 511 or equivalent. Matrix operations, multivariate multiple regression analysis, canonical correlation analysis, discriminant analysis for multiple groups, qualitative discriminant analysis applying Bayes’ theorem, principle component analysis, and fundamentals of common factor analysis. Data analyses with SAS Procedure Matrix.
EDP-713. Designing Single Case Research. 3 Hr. Measurement and design tactics for research with one or a small number of participants allowing the researcher to identify effective practices for individual students or clients.
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