Mathematical Task

Mood:  crushed out
Now Playing: This Love (Maroon 5)
Topic: Methodology
(Stupid thing just asked me to load the active x control for the spelling and lost my whole post!)
Anyway, as I had written before … I was saying that I spent most of the morning looking for a mathematical task that I can convert to BB, WB [...]

Ideas from Jonathan

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Knights of Cydonia (Muse)
Topic: Methodology
Jonathan was telling me that what I plan on doing is somewhat similar to what he did, in that he looked at dynamic (equivalent to WB) and static (equivalent to GB?). Anyway, what he was saying that he found that students who just had to looked at things [...]

Pilot Study on the way

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Always Something (Jon Secada)
Topic: Pilot Study
Well, I’ve already been able to do two participants in my pilot study and I have four lined up for next week. So, it looks promising since I wanted to have 6 students. Not too sure about the software section mixed with mathematics seemed to be getting [...]

Still no sign of the software

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Can’t Help Falling in Love (Michael Buble)
Topic: Methodology
Well … so far no sign of the software … but should in the meantime put together stuff for it … double checking the software … moving around the spreadsheets etc.
Hopefully, everything will work once I get the software. I want to finish this before [...]

Software for pilot study

Mood:  chillin’
Now Playing: White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
Topic: Methodology
I am getting a bit anxious about my vemotion software that IET supposedly ordered but can’t seem to get a hold of the licence as yet since it is with paypal … its been 3 weeks since they ordered it but although been asking Fil about it, there hasn’t [...]

Grand Unified Theories (GUT)

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: When It Comes Down To It (Tasmin Archer)
Topic: Methodology
Well, I’m reading Diana Laurillard’s Conversational Framework for learning, I don’t think I’m likely to be using it (well who knows!) … because I do like my cognitive load theory, however, I couldn’t help noticing that in the Conversational Framework there is a period [...]

Remote Observation Study … continues :P

Mood:  chillin’
Now Playing: Hey, Mr DJ (Backstreet Boys)
Topic: Methodology
Well, I think I might finally have a format for an experimental methodology when studying students learning software with mathematics. I was reading papers by Atkinson and Renkl, and their methodology seems to be always a 5 part method, which I think might be useful to adapt. [...]

Research ideas coming in …

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Champions Trophy: WI vs India (WI 48/1; India 223/9)
Topic: Methodology
So, I’ve been reading a number of papers by Atkinson and Renkl and by Sweller on cognitive learning and fading steps etc. I’m still wondering if these fading steps is not exactly what I wanted to do, and that my research has already [...]

Main Study Research Plans

Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Jeene Ke Ishaare (Phir Milenge)
Topic: Methodology
Well, I sent off a document on my main research plans to James, Doug and John. Got some reply from John asking me whether I want to do an experiment or not – and I must say that I’m no clearer of this objective than I [...]

Remote Observation: When you thought it couldn’t get any worse ….

Mood:  crushed out
Now Playing: Matters of the Heart (Michael McDonald)
Topic: Thesis writing
Well, new drama with the remote observation study has just entered into my life! I can’t do video, voice and application sharing behind OU’s firewall to anyone outside of it! On the upside I can use people in the OU with no problems! The [...]