Reflection on Educational Research

Write a What? So What? Now What? reflection about educational research as follows:

What? Summarize what you have learned about each of the four educational research types.

• These four research types will be very helpful to me as a future teacher.
• Each research type will help in different ways in the classroom.
  
• Descriptive study I learned that we can answer questions that help us understand situations and know the facts and statistics on those situations.
• Correlation study I learned that two situations can be related and we can know that relationship.
• Experimental study I learned that different situation or things effect other situation or things.
• Action research I learned that even though will be a teacher I can participate in research to better understand learning and also so I can help my school where I work.
  

So What? Write a critical analysis about the importance of what you have learned about this topic.

• I believe that this is very important to learn about because we learn how we can assess our students and by doing this we are helping our students. With these different types of research we can teach in the best way possible to our students.
  

Now What? Write a critical reflection about (1) what you still need to learn about educational research and (2) how you will use educational research in your future career as an educator (both as a consumer of research and as a researcher).

• (1) There is much more that we can learn about educational research. Life is always changing and there are new ideas daily. By using educational research we can research the best ways to teach. There will be new ways to research and so we always need to be lifetime learners.
• (2) I will definitely use educational research in my future career. I love to learn new things and to see why that idea would be the best. Anything that will help me become a better teacher, I want to know it. I also love to research. With the knowledge of these different types of research I am now on path to assess my students in a way that would be effective.