Program Learning Outcomes

Faculty create “Program Learning Outcomes” for each undergraduate and graduate program at Boise State University (Learn more here). The Ed.D. / Curriculum & Instruction program has twelve such outcomes, which students must address in various projects done during their studies, including in their dissertation project. We use feedback from students, assessments of assignments, and other input about the PLO’s to help judge how the program is effective and in which ways it might be improved. Faculty work to generate a “program area report” every three years. Students do not directly contribute to the PAR process (except by way of surveys), but they should be aware of them PLO’s so that they are aware of how they connect to the goals and objectives of each course.

PLO 1:  Develop and design a study to answer quantitative and qualitative research questions.

PLO 2:  Use univariate and multivariate research designs and data analysis methods.

PLO 3:  Demonstrate knowledge of different qualitative designs and approaches to qualitative data analysis.

PLO 4:  Demonstrate knowledge of emergent research practices and processes.

PLO 5:  Demonstrate knowledge of models and methods of instrument design.

PLO 6:  Demonstrate knowledge of models and methods of program evaluation.

PLO 7:  Conduct and write up research questions appropriate for professional research and publication.

PLO 8:  Conduct and write up research questions appropriate for professional writing for journal and newsletter publication.

PLO 9:  Present at a professional conference.

PLO 10:  Design an evaluation of research proposals for a human subjects/institutional review board review.

PLO 11:  Write a grant proposal and seek sources of external funding.

PLO 12:  Identify and articulate ethical and culturally relevant strategies for conducting research.