Grappling with Research Design

For my research design, I will use a quantitative approach. I will use a survey to examine the effect that personalized learning has on student motivation. I will use quasi-experimental research with the one group pretest and posttest design to examine the effect that personalized learning has on math proficiency. My concern with this design is its flaws. The findings could show an increase in math proficiency, but there is no way to be certain that the increase would be a consequence of personalized learning. While this research design is commonly used in action research, I’m still debating on whether one of the other designs will allow me to meet my research aims.