Chapter 1 learning blog

What??
This chapter was about the variety of methods in which educucational psychologists conduct research. Every method of research has its advantages. The methods of research are: descriptive, experimental, and correlational. They have to be used accurately to give the best results. Another kind of study is action research. This is where a teacher can take matters into their own hands. Action research can be conducted to address issues and problems in their schools. Correlational study focuses on two variables and how they're conducted. Descriptive studies enable researchers to draw conclusions about the currents state of affairs(how many students where socks that match). These studies are cheap, because all the information is right in front of you. Experimental studies' findings are very valuable, but experiments are more expensive to conduct, and there has to be a control and treatment group.
So what?
Teachers can be participants and organizers in these different kinds of studies to figure out the best methods to teach their students. They can find out if their current methods are working to help their students understand curriculum. If they conduct these studies and find out that the methods aren't matching up with students' understanding, then they can try and modify their current methods and phsychology.
Now what?
These kinds of studies can take a long time to conduct and pull results from. A teacher should not get overhwelmed with all these studies, but they can use them intermittedly in class activities and to find out about the different students in their class.