Research Entry #5 (10-23-13)

Where to begin...

Monday October 14th:  I spent about an hour and a half reading over the class text and researching journal articles.

Saturday October 19th:  I sat down to do research, but I just couldn't bring myself to do anything since I knew I would be spending all day Sunday working on my research and paper.  I quit before I began.

Sunday October 20th:  I went to church, and then I literally spent the entire day working on finding articles, making notes about the articles, reviewing APA format, and reading sample papers.  I spent approximately 9 hours doing these things, and all I wrote on my paper was a heading.

Monday October 21st:  I spent another 4 hours doing research after school.  I still did not type anything but the heading.

Wednesday October 23rd:  I spent 8 hours writing my paper and compiling my resources.

Research Entry # 4 (10-14-13)

This past week on Monday (10-7-13) I spent about a half hour deciding which article I was going to review.  When I finally chose my article I spent close to an hour analyzing the article and comparing it to others.  I tried my best to understand the statistics within the article and I looked up vocabulary that I did not understand in our class textbook. 

On Wednesday after school I sat down to write my article review.  It took me about 2 hours from start to finish.  When I was done I had over 2 pages, so I had to shorten my paper for submission.

On Sunday (10-13-13) when I woke up I looked into the lit review before going to church.  Later that evening I spent about an hour reviewing the lit review PowerPoint and some examples. 

I am really liking the way our class assignments are broken up into parts, and I'm especially thankful to Andrew for sending out a Google calendar with due dates :-)

Research Entry #3 10-6-13

So I'm very glad that I spent so much time looking for resources last week, because I think that this is the first time ever that I didn't have to make revisions on a submitted paper.  I was actually so excited about it that I took a picture of Amy's comments and sent it to my uncle who is also a teacher currently in graduate school.

This week on Wednesday I took the day off of school for family reasons, but I was able to spend some time in the morning and early afternoon working on my needs analysis materials.  I developed a student survey and a pre-test.  It took me about 2 hours to design the survey and pre-test, and about an hour or so to scan over sample papers and reread some of my own work from IDD.

I'm feeling a little less overwhelmed now that we've completed a couple of things.  I'm still really nervous for April though.  I hope I can get everything done early, because April is a big month for me.  Let's just say the Wright's aren't the only ones with a little one on the way :-)  My wife is due April 5th!!   We're so excited!!