WebQuest Final Reflection

What? I've learned a lot about all of the four educational research types. I didn't know how different descriptive study was from experimental study. Prior to this, I thought you could relate cause-and-effect correlations through experimental study, but I've found out that you can't. Also, I thought that action research was really interesting. I didn't know there was actually a name for the kind of study where teachers/schools hold about issues around the school. I took many statistics classes and in them we talked about correlations, and by learning more about correlation studies, a lot of the information I learned in those classes were brought back to me.
So what? It is important to know the difference between the different educational research types. As an educator, if you want to find something out about the students or classroom techniques, it's important that you know how to go about finding the answers to your questions. You need to reflect on your teaching and how the students respond to your strategies, and you need to know how to act upon your reflections.
Now what? I need to learn how to carry out studies in the classroom. Now that I am more familiar with the different types of studies, I need to learn what to do with the information that I learned. In my future career, I will incorporate studies in the classroom. The class and I will carry out studies about the class and school (action study) and I will do studies to see which of my teaching techniques work and don't work with the students. Not only will I generate research, I will consume it. I will use the information I gather from my research in the future.