Advanced Research: Choosing the Right Type of Research Design
In A.P. Research students conduct college level research. They have to decide upon the appropriate design method. The link in italics on the left below provides a description and explanation of the different research design methods. Even if you don't assign a paper that requires students to select and adhere to a research design, you might ask students to identify the design used by another researcher. This would be a smaller task that would help build students' capacity in understanding and performing research.
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The paper to the right was written in A.P. Research. This Uni student, used a true experimental design, and gathered all of his own data.
In that class students make decisions about type of sampling to use.
Sprinklers- Jadon.pdf
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In A.P. Research, students learn to consider different philosophical approaches, ethics, and data analysis techniques. I hope I can collaborate with you on mini-lessons to prepare them for the demands of college research.
Quick Lesson Idea: Have students in groups or individually read different research articles and have them record some or all of the following: research question(s) addressed, groups studied, methods, findings, analysis (how did the researchers draw their conclusion), next steps. Then have them compare what they found.