The master’s capstone project requires students to carry out an independent, original empirical investigation in a relevant area of educational measurement and assessment. Students will write a full-length research project report and orally defend it. Students will start planning their capstone project halfway through the master’s program. The capstone project advisers will be members of the Graduate Studies faculty. The advisors will guide the substantive progress of the capstone project.
Students are recommended to use the resources given below to help them develop their research proposal and to complete the final research project report. It is recommended that students access the ECAE library online to access other research methodology books and articles available via the library database and Ebrary.
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/contents.php
https://allpsych.com/researchmethods/researchcontents/
http://www.statpac.com/surveys/index.htm#toc
http://www.unm.edu/~jka/qualres.html
http://www.asu.edu/lib/tutorials/empirical/
http://www.nea.org/home/awareness-of-education-research-methods.htm
http://www.leaptraining.leeds.ac.uk/research-methods-resources/
http://www.restore.ac.uk/Using%20Quantitative%20Research/
http://www.txstate.edu/trec/iirda/resource/quantitative.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21592093
http://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=348074&p=2346107
Introduction to Research in Education by 
Doing Your Research Project by 
Doing your education research project / by 
Research Methods in Education by 
Research Design (International Student Edition) by 
Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research by 
A Practical Gde to Research Methods by 
Conducting Research Literature Reviews by 
Quantitative Research in Education by 
Doing Your Literature Review by 
Educational research : quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches / by 
Research Methodology by 
Your Research Project by 