How well did it answer your research question?
I do not think that I answered my research question very well. Understanding how blogging affects content mastery is something that I think needs longer than a week to study. The MI scores do not show much; it is meant to show growth over the course of at least a semester. Taking the MI so close together would not show much growth based on the spectrum. What further research is suggested? I think a lot more research is needed to address how blogs support content knowledge. Most of the research done on blogging is focused on skills that are acquired such as collaboration, critical thinking, etc. What do results indicate about changes to the instruction and learning process? Technology, specifically blogs have high potential. They are an opportunity for students to engage in many meaningful things and have their work reach outside of the classroom. I plan to continue having my students blog and continue to analyze the results of their blogs.
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Kristina
5/17/2018 02:19:28 pm
I definitely agree that a week was not enough time to accurately get significant results. It doesn't seem like there would be much of a gain in their math scores with just a week inbetween. I think your study actually does have a lot of potential, you just need more time to get it done!
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