Procedures
Two other forms of data collection were used in this study: the
checklist and the rubric. In the first form of data collection, I circulated
among students during the two-week period from Mars 15, 2004 through Mars 30,
2004. I carried a clipboard and checked off the stages of learning described
above that I observed. In addition to the checklist, I collected their
completed graphic organizers for further study, and generated study notes and
scoring. A predetermined rubric for scoring students' completed graphic
organizers, demonstrating skills in choosing relevant information, building
connections among ideas, integrating new information, and completing graphic
organizers independently was used.
Data Analysis
The analysis was based on grouping participant's completed
graphic organizers according to the rubric's categories, grouping observations
while students completed graphic organizers according to checklist's
categories, analysis of the concrete organization of the graphic organizers -
the relevance of the concepts, content or facts that were recorded, the
participant`s strategies in completing the graphic organizers, the difficulties
encountered during the completion of the graphic organizers, and, matching
students' completed graphic organizers with the teacher's completed graphic
organizers.
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