Leonard Bliss
Professor of Educational Research Methodology (Emeritus)
Department of Leadership and Professional Studies
College of Education
Florida International University
University Park, Miami, FL 33199



Recent Publications

Yang, Y. & Bliss, L. B. (2014). A Q factor analysis of college undergraduate students' study behaviors. Educational Research and Evaluation,  20, 433-453. doi: 10.1080/13803611.2014.971817

 

Willis, E., Dinehart, L., & Bliss L. (2014).  Teachers don't always do what they think they should do:  A preliminary validation of the Early Childhood Educator's Knowledge of  Self-Regulation Skills Questionnaire.  Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 35, 168 -184.
 

 Moniz, R., Fine, J., & Bliss, L. (In 2008). The effectiveness of direct-instruction and student-centered teaching methods on students' functional understanding of plagiarism.  College & Undergraduate Libraries, 15, 255-279.


Recent Presentations
 

          Bliss, L.B., Brunetta, F., Fleming, L. Williams, D., & Smith, K. (2015).  Integration and achievement:  Predicting persistence
             among Hispanic and Black Engineering students at minority institutions. 
Presented at the 6th Research In Education Symposium,
             Dublin, Ireland.


       Bliss, L.B., Bornmann, F., Fleming, L., Williams, D., Smith,K., & Moore, I. (2014, April).  Broadening the pipeline through the study of pathways and persistence: Findings from the second year.  Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
    

    Fleming, L., Smith, K. C., Williams, D. G., & Bliss, L. B. (2013).  Broadening the pipeline through the study of  pathways    pathways

           and  persistence of Black and Hispanic engineering undergraduates. Presented at the Research in Education Symposium, Putrajaya,
           Malaysia.

                                                                                    
                                                             

                                                                                                                               
EDF 6481 - Educational Research

Syllabus

Readings for class of September 1, 2016
    Read this first!
     Leonardo da Vinci reading #1
     Leonardo da Vinci reading #2
Readings for class of September 8, 2016
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         Galileo reading #1
         Galileo reading #2
Readings for class of September 15, 2016
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         Popper reading #1
         Popper reading #2
Readings for class of September 22, 2016
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    Pearson reading #1
    Pearson reading #2
Readings for class of September 29, 2016
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        William S. Gosset
       t-test paper
Readings for the Class of October 20, 2016
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        Guiness, Gosset,Fisher, and Small Samples
Readings for the Class of October 27, 2016
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         Positivistic Science (Phillips)
         The Making of a Constructivist  (Lincoln)
Readings for the Class of November 3, 2016
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         Social Class and School Knowledge (Anyon)
         Fresh Perspectives on the School Transformation. Reproduction Debate: A Response to Anyon  from
        the Antipodes  (Ramsey) 

Reading for Class of November 10, 2016
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            "Science" article on replication
Reading for the Class of November 17, 2016
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           "Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science.The Market for Exchange of Scientific Information"
Reading for the Class of December 1, 2016
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     The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown