The purpose of this paper is to describe a series of university research courses designed to prepare students to plan and conduct high quality instructional systems research. These courses serve to introduce students to some important research questions facing the field and to some of the traditional and non-traditional methodologies used to examine them. The courses also provide students with an opportunity to plan, conduct, and describe their own research projects under carefully supervised conditions. The goals of each course, as well as the instructional methodologies employed, are described. Methods of evaluating the success of the courses are also presented.
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