….Back to cognitive learning :)

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Slow Hand (Conway Twitty)
Topic: Literature Review
After being warned of cognitive load theory from John, I didn’t want to touch it with a 10 ft barge pool, however, we (James, Doug and myself) are stuck on how to actually collect usable data for my study. However, James and Doug suggested that I return to literature [...]

Trouche’s paper

Mood:  chillin’
Now Playing: O Holy Night (Josh Groban) – Christmas music in July!
Topic: Analytical Frameworks
Well, I went and looked for Trouche’s paper and found it – unfortunately it is in French! My high school french couldn’t really do justice to the paper, but got Google to help me translate some stuff. I don’t think there [...]

Cognitive Learning

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Singin’ In The Rain (Gene Kelly)
Topic: Literature Review
So, have been reading some stuff on cognitive learning lately, as that is one of the sections in my literature review. There are a lot of theories surrounding this, you have the theory of working memory that Baddeley and Hitch developed about have a central [...]

Informal meeting about Lit Review

Mood:  cool
Now Playing: The Loco-motion (Little Eva)
Topic: Meetings
So, had a meeting with James this morning in the refectory – supposingly about my lit review. But we never really got to around to it properly. I knew it was bad – and I told him so – and he says he thinks that I knew where [...]

ASI questionnaire for British lecturers

Mood:  down
Now Playing: Yeh dosti hum nahin todenge (Sholay)
Topic: Questionnaire
Well, on a good note I’ve sent out the LP and ATI questionnaires to people in UK, US, Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, could not rack up too much people for New Zealand (up to 32) since there have been limited universities – I think I [...]

Literature Review was terrible!

Mood:  blue
Now Playing: Teri bindiya re (Abhimaan – Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar)
Topic: Literature Review
Well … I did a terrible literature review – Amalia and Ritchie came on the same day I was submitting – as well as I was concentrating on my U500 presentation – and hence a horrible literature review – it was [...]

Literature Review gotta be done!

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Tide is High (Atomic Kitten)
Topic: Literature Review
So, got to do my literature review – and have no clue what to write about. Got back my DTZY 840 literature review did alright in that (32/40), but that concentrated on linear programming education but now I have to do some parallel work with that [...]

Literature Review Assignment!

Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: Somebody like you (Keith Urban)
Topic: Literature Review
I have a DTZY 840 assignment due tomorrow on literature review … and I haven’t started so it is making me feel tense. I still not sure what to do … you see when I re-read my initial proposal it was on software use and I [...]

John’s paper

Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Dekho Maine Dekha Hai (Love Story)
Topic: Factor Analysis
Well, I’ve been reading the paper John sent me on “Teacher’s beliefs and intentions concerning teaching in higher education” (first author is Norton, L.). I only have the author’s proof mind you … so the document might change … but so far very interesting document [...]