Assignment #1-Learning Goals
For my 1st assignment, I interviewed Lacey Wegner on what she is researching for her terminal project. Lacey’s research is on the uses of education collections in natural history museums. She is looking at the trends or practices used when caring for an education collection. Her main research methods will be through interviews, literature reviews, past case studies, and website analysis.
During winter term I hope to develop an idea for what to do my research on. I am pretty intimidated at the idea of graduate level research, so I hope to become more comfortable as I go through the research methods class. I have not done research in many years, so I hope to learn how to write in APA format better. I honestly never realized that there were so many research methods that you can use. I would like to learn more about the various methods available, how to use them, and which specifically would play a key role in my research. As of right now I have no idea what I would like to do my terminal project on, so I hope as the weeks fly by, that I will be able to narrow down some ideas that I am interested in. Finally, I would really like to pick a research topic that will apply and help me in my future career endeavors.