Benefits of Design Research

 

Research design: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/design.php

According to this website research design is the glue that holds the research project together. We know that without the glue or nails most items would fall apart. In this case research design is the structure of inquiry used to get to an outcome. Research design in essence is a plan of action of what needs to occur throughout the research process. The plan in itself is a benefit to anyone who is completing research. In my opinion research design is similar to a lesson plan. As educators we plan out what we want our students know from a particular lesson. The design research process is similar to the learning cycle. Research design benefits us in that it is a guide to what we want to accomplish and keeps us from getting invalid inferences during our research or lesson.