This week has been overwhelming. I honestly haven't had the chance to put in the time that I truly want to with my research. Health issues, being mommy, and a full time job have really taken over my schedule. All that being said, I have thought A LOT about my project and my next steps. I need to continue coding each ERQ. Hopefully, I can get that caught up as soon as possible and then the incoming ERQs should be pretty easy to code. In addition to that, I need to finish scribing my interview. I did a partial scribe of each of them for a previous post, but I need to get the rest of it down. After following my classmates' blogs, I am a little disappointed that I did not video tape them. I don't think I would have had the personnel to get that done anyway, but I do wish that I had the body language to see again. Some students were holding a basket in front of them, others played with pencils, while some were completely open and willing to express their true feelings. I may choose to change this method next time.
As I continue this work, I am finding that it is actually fun. I am enjoying digging deeper into different situations and learning more about my students and students in general. Hopefully we will have full weeks from now on so that I can have a good amount of data to really see how effective the RAP method is.
I agree that this week has been overwhelming! I see you have been battling a lot and I have been battling sickness and it does make it hard to get things completed. You have a great start to coding though. I was actually looking at your coding process to try to get my mind thinking for mine. Videotaping does allow you to see so much more during the interview just as long as it is not a huge distraction for the kids. I just used my phone and the students hardly even paid attention to it. I would love to think full weeks from now on but I see another storm approaching next week...ahh! Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteYou and I were in the same boat, super busy with LIFE :) I will also be continuing to scribe my interviews, specifically teacher interviews, as well as beginning to code the information that I've gathered so far. Hang in there, we can do it!
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