Digging into these articles this week, I found them all interesting. Dated, of course, but interesting. The problem I am just mainly running into is the mid-semester wall. So much to read that it all starts to run together. I really do enjoy reading this kind of stuff and digging into the literature, but just got a little tired. So if my blog is a bit weak this week, I apologize in advance.

So the first article by Ely is a critique of research designs. Seems like it will serve as a good reference for me to come back to and see how any studies I do fit into the overall picture. Good break down of each, good analysis, a bit dated by now, but still seems to have a good structure for organizing educational studies. Also contains a good amount of practical examples and case study type parts to help see how these categories work out practically.

The next article by Ross and Morrison looks at Experimental Research Designs. It seemed to blend in a bit with the other articles, but I do remember that it explored different experiment designs and some of the pitfalls of each. There was also a good section with a step-by-step guide for novice researchers designed to help us figure out how to start a research study. That will also come handy in the near future.

The third article by Richey, Klein, and Nelson is about studies in instructional design and development. Since I work in this field during my day job, I was a bit more familiar with the content covered here. There was a lot of stuff that I learned there, also. But those large charts were a bit hard to cross-reference with the studies. I guess if you need to find some information someday on a particular topic, that chart will help you track down some specific literature. Another good reference.