Monday, January 26, 2009

ch 2 82-108

While reading the end of this chapter I gained a better understanding of how to go about doing my observations and what to expect while doing them. I learned to expect to be overwhelmed by the amount that is going on and to just write down as much as possible. The book mentions that in the final project not every note will be used, only a fraction of them will be. The book still encourages to take good detailed notes even though not all will be used. Double entry notes was the method of note taking described in this chapter. I believe this method can be helpful and I will try using it for my observations. It may be easiest to make points on my observations on the left side and then stop at a certain point to elaborate on each point on the right side. This will help me know exactly what I intended when initially making the point.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, you want more notes than you need so you have a lot to choose from. You won't be able to remember everything, so having those notes will really come in handy--both what you observed and what you thought about it--at the end of the semester when you're trying to sort through everything you learned.

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