In this module the students will cover the content from the UK-SBA curriculum on research methods, design, and interpretation.

The module will be broken into four units: Measuring Behaviour, Single Subject Design and Graphing, Case Studies, Focus Groups, and Group Designs, and Research Design and Ethics

Assessment Strategy

You must achieve a threshold of 50% to pass this module. Please see below for guidance on what you must demonstrate in your work to achieve different levels of performance.

Excellent (A*, A+, A, A-) • Ethical and compresulting in positive development of behaviour science with children and young people (safe practice) • Comprehensive knowledge synthesised with applied understanding of counselling with children and young people • Detailed understanding of theory with no factual errors • Critical analysis showing evaluation and synthesis of ideas • Novel and innovative originality in approach, interpretation, and voice • Extensive and comprehensive independent research • Logically defended arguments with evidence for all claims • Highly focused and well structured • Excellent presentation with accurate and appropriate expression • Correct format in appropriate referencing style

Good (B+, B, B-) • Honest and considered reflection resulting in positive development of counselling skills with children and young people (safe practice) • Strong knowledge alongside applied understanding of counselling with children and young people • Clear understanding of theory and mostly free of factual errors • Some analysis showing critical evaluation and links between ideas • Novel originality in approach, interpretation, and voice • Considerable independent research from appropriate sources • Coherent arguments with evidence for most claims • Focused and well structured • Clear presentation with accurate and appropriate expression • Mostly correct format in appropriate referencing style

Threshold (C+, C, C-) • Honest reflection resulting in some positive development of counselling skills with children and young people (safe practice) • Some knowledge of counselling and applied understanding of counselling with children and young people • Understanding the main theoretical concepts with no major factual errors • Basic analysis showing obvious points of evaluation and links between ideas • Some originality in approach, interpretation, and/or voice for part of the work • Some independent research from appropriate sources • Arguments presented with evidence for the most important claims • Readable structure showing focus at times • Acceptable presentation with appropriate expression • Attempt at correct format in appropriate referencing style with no major errors

If you do not meet the threshold, then your work will be graded as a Fail (less than 50%). Fail grades vary from Poor (D+, D, D-, E+, E, E-) to Very Poor (F).

Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate the ethical issues that are presented in research.

• Describe and critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of case studies, qualitative research, systematic and meta-analysis and group design research.

• Describe and graph single-subject research designs including multiple baseline, changing criterion, alternating treatments, and reversal designs.

• Systematically describe a variety of ways to measure behaviour. Determine the ideal measurement strategy in different contexts.