...that complete lack of inspiration and total frustration are a direct result of lack of sleep and too many things on one's plate at a time.
I think I'm at least a bit better now. I hope.
So, obviously, Thursday wasn't quite a productive experience for me. It was just frustrating, and I know that 99.9% of that was due to my fatigue. I have NO idea what exactly my next step it, because I'm not 100% sure where I stand, but here's my chosen (this is really what I do want to do research on) research question:
How do students’ perceptions of South Africans change as new media is infused into a World Literature Curriculum unit centered on African Literature?
What I'm thinking for data now includes some of what was discussed in class on Thursday--some sort of "pre-assessment" of students' perceptions and where those perceptions come from. (Movies, TV, etc.) Most of the other data to be collected I think will be the same as I posted last week.
Now, as for data analysis...I think that there's some "cooking" of data as well as organization of "stuff" that can go on as I go along in my unit, and as I assess my students for typical "grade" types of things. However, I think that the majority of major analysis should probably come after the fact, because of the "before" and "after" comparison.
The other thing that I've been wondering is whether or not I should choose to track specific students rather than the entire class? I could choose students of varying initial perceptions, or even students of various "participation levels" (aka-those who are and aren't typically engaged) to get a varied sample? I don't know--this is mostly a new idea, and I'm thinking out loud.
So...what do you guys think? I could definitely use the feedback this week. Thanks for your help!
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I think that it might be a good idea when you actually write the thesis to only focus on a few students who seem indicative of a few different groups of students (case studies of sorts), but I think that when you're collecting data you might want to collect data on everyone, because even though you will know your students fairly well from the get-go, and you'll certainly be able to group them by pre-assessment, I would hate for you to get halfway through the project and think, "Man, I should have been collecting data on this kid!"
That's just me though. Perhaps more seasoned researchers would approve of the fact that you're already making steps to reduce your data.
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