10.4 Presenting your data analysis

In class today you gave presentations on the analysis you did with your groups on Tuesday.  Your blog post was to write up the work you had done with the writing comments for samples 1 &2 in terms of the tasks you worked on in class (see below)

In your groups you worked to:

1. Review the data (the sample essays with comments)

2. Form a research question with respect to the comments/student's reception/features of the writing context/ comments effectiveness etc

3. Code the data (the comments)

4. Gather and analyze (code) data from your group with regard to how the features of the comments you are studying "work" or what they "do" (your responses to them).  You may find that different group members have different responses - if that is the case try to name the features/factors that account for the differences in response.

5. Identify some patterns with respect to your question - and begin to develop some explanations for why/how the patterns work.

At the beginning of class I gave you some time to review your work, and to develop a presentation that more or less follows the line of presentation in a research paper.

1. State your research question

2. Identify the codes/categories /patterns in the data that are relevant to your research question

3. Give specific examples of from the data to show how your codes/patterns relate your data to the research question

4. Explain how the codes/categories/patterns you identified can work as a theory to answer the research question

5. Identify any remaining questions or data that don't fit into your coding/categories = raise ideas for further research

As you gave your presentations - we talked about how to make sure the discussion covered each of the points listed above.  

Group work for Blog 10.  You then worked on analyzing a larger data set - using a (revised?) version of the research question you posed for the analysis of Samples 1 & 2.  In this analysis, you need to develop an answer to your question that accounts for all the relevant comments in the 6 data papers (two more samples posted in the top right of this blog, two handed out in class).  You will need to code all the comments relevant to your question - and develop a discussion of your codes + examples of how the codes work (as you did in your presentations).  Then develop your theory  and point out any remaining questions.  

Groups:

Andrea, Shana, Kelsee, [Generra]

Corinne, Kevin, Josh, Valerie, [Brigit, Tshandi]

Rachel, Liana, Sara

For next class:

Attend your conference!  Keep your notes.  In class we will talk about using notes from your conference to finish your research plan.

Read:  Where Teachers and Students Meet: Exploring Perceptions in First-Year Composition  Angelica T. Nava

Blog 10: Post your group's analysis of the 6 papers with comments.  

Good class + good conferences!   See you on Tuesday.  I will not be commenting on blogs this weekend.