Blog one post outlining your thoughts about research (aka “inquiry” or “information literacy”). What is research for? Why do people do it? Why do researchers use different methods? What research methods have you used? What about research is confusing for you? Respond to two posts in your group

Research is very important for learning. My whole life, I have had to do research for all different types of things. In school there were research papers, essays, and projects. Alison Witte says in her text, “RESEARCH STARTS WITH ANSWERS”, that most students that work on research papers, have the process of choosing a topic, presenting a claim, and then look for ways to confirm it with evidence located through ‘research’. Witte claims that the problem with research papers is that it teaches students to do research for something by looking it up, but it represents only a small part of the research paper. I personally think research is for learning more about a certain subject. The more research you do, the more information you obtain. Researchers use different messages, because everybody learns in different ways. Some people can sift through a bunch of academic readings for their research, but other people learn more from hand on experience. A research method that I use is experimentation. I learn best from doing this hands on and repeating some act over and over again, so doing experiments is a good way for me to learn. Research is confusing for me when I have to read through a bunch of different articles and papers. I have trouble focusing when reading long papers.