What
new insights have you gained? What have you learned that will make a difference
to you as a researcher?
I enjoyed reading a quantitative research article for my final research summary chart. I read a lot of qualitative and it was interesting to think about comparing and contrasting the two. It made me think about how different they are and I spent a little time thinking about which I would like to conduct. They are both extremely interesting to me, and I would enjoy either, but I think I would like to do a quantitative study just because of the concrete results you get. I will try both, but I think I would like a quantitative better.
What do you understand about research, or components of
research that you didn’t know before?
I loved the article I read this week it had some great ideas that I would like to see become the norm. It was about teachers being trained by interactive, multimedia DVDs. I thought this was particularly interesting since it eliminates the need for a person to train the teachers. It sounded like the DVDs gave a very clear picture of how teachers should tackle teaching different reading strategies. It seems like such a good idea because the teachers could do it on their own time. I would love to eliminate some meetings and learn at my own pace!! Every corporate job I have ever had has used DVDs to train, it is pretty nice to watch them at your own pace so you can stop and re-watch if needed.
What else do you want to learn about
designing and conducting research?
I would like to learn more about the methods of analysis used for the collection of quantitative data. I guess that means I would need to take a statistics course...not sure how well that would go for me. Math is definitely not my strongest academic area, but I could try!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Karchmer and Technology
What
new insights have you gained?
What have you learned that will make a difference to you as a researcher?
I think that I believed that research had to be complicated. I think I thought that you had to have some technical way to collect your data and make it sound studious and fancy. As I read this article, I realized that it doesn't have to be that way! The way that Karchmer found her participants and compiled her data were simple and I totally understood what she was doing. This was encouraging to me because it makes me feel much less overwhelmed at the thought of creating a study.
What do you understand about research, or components of research that you didn’t know before?
I liked the way that Karchmer gathered data. Emails with personal journals and interviews seems like a very logical and simple way to get data that is thought through by the participants. I think that having time to think about your answers to an interview question is very helpful, it seems like you would get more accurate and helpful data this way. I think that I would use this method if I were doing a similar study.
What is bothering or disturbing you about research?
It is scary to think that research my uncover the need for more research and practice! It is overwhelming to think about all the teachers who do not know how to use technology and think about how much more they need to know. It would go on and on if I started to list the things that would have to happen to change the way that things are in our schools right now.
What else do you want to learn about designing and conducting research?
I am just ready to try it! I think that reading about it is helpful so that I know what my format will be, but I am a total hands-on learner and I need to do something in order to be able to fully grasp a concept. I am looking forward to my master's project in the fall!
What have you learned that will make a difference to you as a researcher?
I think that I believed that research had to be complicated. I think I thought that you had to have some technical way to collect your data and make it sound studious and fancy. As I read this article, I realized that it doesn't have to be that way! The way that Karchmer found her participants and compiled her data were simple and I totally understood what she was doing. This was encouraging to me because it makes me feel much less overwhelmed at the thought of creating a study.
What do you understand about research, or components of research that you didn’t know before?
I liked the way that Karchmer gathered data. Emails with personal journals and interviews seems like a very logical and simple way to get data that is thought through by the participants. I think that having time to think about your answers to an interview question is very helpful, it seems like you would get more accurate and helpful data this way. I think that I would use this method if I were doing a similar study.
What is bothering or disturbing you about research?
It is scary to think that research my uncover the need for more research and practice! It is overwhelming to think about all the teachers who do not know how to use technology and think about how much more they need to know. It would go on and on if I started to list the things that would have to happen to change the way that things are in our schools right now.
What else do you want to learn about designing and conducting research?
I am just ready to try it! I think that reading about it is helpful so that I know what my format will be, but I am a total hands-on learner and I need to do something in order to be able to fully grasp a concept. I am looking forward to my master's project in the fall!
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