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.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- completion of Core Physical & Natural Phenomena requirement
- Junior standing
NVTC 101NVTC 102
Recommended Preparation
- a college-level statistics course
MATH 181
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Every Fall
Terms
fall
Related Courses
Cross Listed With BIOL 303Cross Listed With CHEM 303Cross Listed With NVTC
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.