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Dibs Fall 2026

EDUC 35

Introduction to Inquiry and Research in Education

Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Introduction to empirical and analytical educational research. Intended for undergraduates interested in learning how to find, interpret, and evaluate research that investigates important questions around education and education systems. Overview of multiple methods of conceptualizing inquiry and gathering evidence, including qualitative (e.g., ethnographic, semi-structured interviews, case study), quantitative (e.g., surveys, experimental, descriptive), and mixed methods approaches. Introduction to software processing and analysis of data. Highlights ethics of conducting research in social sciences, and norms of conducting and reporting research in the field of education. Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.54
n = 762 · 12 terms · ± 0.020
A range
67%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
1.4%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Open
46 of 66
70% full
 fills T 4:00pm-5:50pm Eagan, K.
3.57n=231 · this instructor

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 7721F
  • 7222W
  • 3522S
  • 8522F
  • 4823W
  • 4723S
  • 8723F
  • 5624W
  • 5524S
  • 9524F
  • 8925W
Enrolment by term: 21F 77, 22W 72, 22S 35, 22F 85, 23W 48, 23S 47, 23F 87, 24W 56, 24S 55, 24F 95, 25W 89
Peak 95 Most recent 89 in 25W 11 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 95 · 12.4%
  • A 230 · 30.1%
  • A- 185 · 24.2%
  • B+ 77 · 10.1%
  • B 89 · 11.6%
  • B- 41 · 5.4%
  • C+ 15 · 2.0%
  • C 13 · 1.7%
  • C- 6 · 0.8%
  • D+ 1 · 0.1%
  • D 3 · 0.4%
  • D- 3 · 0.4%
  • F 4 · 0.5%
  • I 2 · 0.3%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ, JOSE-FELIPE 3.52 3.52 338 4 62%
EAGAN, KEVIN 3.57 3.57 231 4 71%
TOBIASON, GLORY AMANDA 3.51 3.51 176 3 69%
SETOGUCHI, ERIC HIROYUKI 3.59 3.63 17 small sample 1 82%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term