Activate week 5

Formative and design experiments - Chapter 10

A formative assessment is one that is conducted in the classroom and is part of normal routine. It is not something that is taken in a strange environment or with new rules. I am guessing that a formative experiment is one that is conducted in an authentic environment. I would think that these type of experiments would yield accurate results because the experiment is not anything out of the ordinary.

I am unsure, but I think that a design experiment is one that is more typical of a normal experiment that is more controlled.

I wonder what type of experiment is more common with educational research and which type of experiment that researchers prefer to use.

Mixed Methods - Chapter 14

I am guessing that mixed methods is a type of experiment that strives to answer a research question by using multiple research methods.

I wonder what the history of mixed methods research is and what would encourage one to use this methodology. I wonder how we should decide which methodology to use.