Back at the OU/ PME paper/ pilot study analysis

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: La Bamba (Los Lobos)
Topic: Data Analysis
I’m back at the OU trying to get into the swing of things. I still have no clue about my main research study … and I need to firm that up quickly, because think I need to get that started by March.
Whilst I was on holiday I [...]

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 [...]

Pilot Study Should Be Going Ahead

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Love Someone Like Me (New Grass Revival)
Topic: Data Collection
Well … got my software licence on Monday but didn’t get the activation keys till yesterday – although haven’t tried it out as yet – but hopefully it works out … got to try it soon.
Had to return the laptop since the [...]

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 [...]

Chapter 1 and Pilot Study

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: (I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight (Cutting Crew)
Topic: Thesis writing
Well, my writing came to a full stop when I decided to go to the TELMA workshop and haven’t done anything since on it … I’ve only managed a measly 1850 words … well, it is still more that I had originally, [...]

New pilot

Mood:  chillin’
Now Playing: Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Manfred Mann)
Topic: Data Collection

Well, I’ve decided to venture into a new phase of my pilot studies, to test out my remote observation methodology, so, to do this, I decided to create some problems for people to do, whilst I’m observing them.

I’m not sure what the problems are going [...]

Pilot Study yet again!

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Teahouse on the Tracks (Donald Fagen) – where do they get these titles from??
Topic: Data Analysis
So, back to my pilot study – still have no clue what my data is saying – got too much factors that’s all I could figure … getting more confused by the moment – at first thought [...]

Pilot Study: Data Analysis

Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: Melody of You (Sixpence None the Richer)
Topic: Data Analysis
So, I have the data for my pilot study using the SPQ and the maths-computing inventory. I’ve begun to try an analyse it but seem to be hitting brick walls everytime I try!
Well, the first brickwall was when I realised that I had grouped [...]

Good and Bad Things with my survey

Mood:  crushed out
Now Playing: Drift Away (Uncle Kracker)
Topic: Data Collection
Well … I finally got approval for my survey from the SRPP … however it was with the condition that I ensure that the courses I want to survey do not want to survey their own courses later in the year and I’ll obstruct that process. [...]