To learn more about research and the content of this class, I spoke to two second year students (Michelle and Carrie). Michelle is doing a capstone project, and Carrie is working on the group project. They are using vastly different research techniques. This quarter I want to learn more about the types of research I am assuming I will use (I am leaning towards a capstone approach), including using literature, the internet, class resources, and other written materials. I am also interested in site research, even though I may not use this type of research now, I could use it in the future.
Reflections: I wanted to have a concrete research plan by the time the quarter was over. That did not happen. I started working on my original plan, but the more work we did researching our topics and discussing them the larger and more diverse my idea became. I have begun research, but on a few different topics. This class helped me to see that scale is very important to the research project.