Monday, March 3, 2014

Ugh, another snow day......But coding none the less

So this morning as I gaze out of my window, it's really looking like the next ice age is on its way (haha). Just me being dramatic, I know, but the snow days are really getting old; but the show must go on.  I have looked through the interviews that I conducted with my participants and have begun to code them; again, looking for the "-ing," and words that were used more than once.

Participant A
  • Pausing
  • listing
  • repeating
  • the word, "umm"

Participant L
  • Pausing
  • lots of action words
  • relating
  • restating
  • listing
  • repeating
  • the word, "umm"
  • the word, "like"
  • the phrase, "my life"
  • the word, "home"

Participant C
  • repeating
  • maybe-ing
  • listing
  • restating
  • pausing
  • the word, "uh"
  • the word, "maybe"
  • the word, "sometimes"
  • the phrase, "what happens"

Participant M
  • pausing
  • thinking
  • restating
  • the word, "uh"
  • the phrase, "I feel"

The other two participants' interviews to come soon.  As a way to address the difficulty of receiving articles back from participants, I maybe able to adopt Wendy Reinke's (2005) form that was used to monitor on task and off task behavior in the classroom; then, take that information present it to each respective homeroom teacher and collaborate to come up with a plan of action to get articles back in time. "The form is easy to use.  Every five seconds, the coach glances at ta student.  If the student is on task at the moment the coach looks at her, the coach puts a plus sign (+) in the appropriate box.  If the student is off task, the coach puts a zero (0) in the box," (Knight, 2007, p.146).  Other suggestions are welcome!

3 comments:

  1. LaShanda, based on the 2 posts above it looks like you have been hard at work! The coding in the next post looks great! I am curious about the Reinke form. How will this help with students turning in articles? Will it make students more aware of how they are spending time? It sounds like you have a good plan, but I personally can't make the connection.

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  2. I'm planning to use this as an observational tool to present to the teachers in order to come up with a collaborative plan to help with increasing my participants' motivation with turning in their work and overall follow-through with all of their assignments and commitments. Does this make sense?

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  3. Lashanda,
    Girl you have been hard at work with all that coding! I love the similarities I see in the -ing words from one student to the next. I think it looks like you have some good themes emerging as you begin analyzing their interviews and their work. Keep up the good work!

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