Overview
Description
Research Methods is a required course in the NevadaTeach sequence. The course provides prospective science teachers with an understanding of how the scientific enterprise works. (BIOL 303, CHEM 303, NVTC and PHYS 303 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the three.)
Requirements
Prerequisites
- completion of Core Physical & Natural Phenomena requirement
- Junior standing
NVTC 101NVTC 102
Recommended Preparation
- a college-level statistics course
MATH 181
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
NVTC 101; NVTC 102; completion of Core Physical & Natural Phenomena requirement; Junior standing.
Recommended Preparation
MATH 181; a college-level statistics course.
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Related Courses
Cross Listed With CHEM 303Cross Listed With NVTCCross Listed With PHYS 303
Restrictions
Junior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- create their own experiments to answer scientific questions.
- identify sources of systematic and random errors and design experiments to reduce them.
- use probes and computers to gather and analyze data.
- use statistics to interpret experimental results and deal with sampling errors.
- treat human subjects in an ethical fashion.