Monday, February 13, 2012
Collaboration is Key
As I have read the articles for this course, I have been thinking about how the researchers see the topics. I assume that they are passionate about their chosen topics and it is interesting to see their findings as I wonder how they feel about them. With the topic of ELLs in these particular articles, I get the feeling that these researchers are finding a lot of dead ends when it comes to ensuring the success of ELLs. I started thinking about how this must affect them as they pursue methods and ideas to help these students. It opened my eyes to the fact that, in research, there is not always a cut and dry answer. This is a hard thing to realize that after you have potentially put in long hours and lots of work into a research study, the results can be inconclusive. Someone very close to me was a researcher in a lab and he kept on and on with a research project and it kept coming up with inconclusive results. He became frustrated and I saw how it wore on him. Research is not always a glamorous as the published article can seem, it is hard and often frustrating work. I guess the best way to look at it is (as we discussed a lot in our responses to Why Mei still cannot read) that we can work together with other researchers and slowly piece together the answers to problems in the realm of education.
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• Taken as a whole, your post discusses how the process of conducting a research can reach a pivotal point at which shows no promising results. Conversely, if you work along with other researchers and slowly put together bits and pieces of information as a result, you will be successful.
ReplyDelete• The part that I found most interesting about your posting is the fact that you mentioned how your friend conducted his research. I was partial to how you stressed the fact that he spent a great deal of hours conducting his research only to have his results to be inconclusive. Your statement was worthy to note because it provided insight for me as it relates to doing research.
• Her response made me reflect on the first time I was in my science class in 6th grade. It was the first time we started investigating the several parts of the Scientific Method. The process lasted about a week but we learned how important it is to work with each other.
• I wish that your posting was longer because I have gained a whole heap of knowledge as it relates to the process of conducting research.
DeAngelo Pegues
Hi Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteNice job DeAngelo on your response also!
I just wanted to add that research is indeed hard work. Generally, I think of it as being engaging vs being frustrating; however,at times it can be both! This is why it is so important to select a topic/problem that you don't have the answer to! It will keep you intrigued throughout the process to learn about something that is important to you, and to others.
Cheers,
ba