Monday, October 15, 2012

Blog 12

Blog #12: We spent the last part of class talking about which data set you might want to work with - and what research question you might ask. This post should include which data set you will work with, a detailed research question, and some ideas for the features of the data that you will be working with.

I am juggling between two data sets:

The shaggy dog stories:
Research Question:
  • How does negativity among the function of punchlines lead towards conflict within each story told?
  • How does the clarity of the punchline help to interpret the story?
  • How does a reader's clarity of the story determine the moral of the story?

Features of all three:
  • Understanding the punchline
  • Knowing what the punchline of the story is
  • Having an interest in the story brings clarity to the punchline
  • Re-reading the story can lead to a different view of the story
  • Having imagery to work with in the story
  • Each punchline/story contained some act of violence
  • Having an interest in a story can help the reader to understand the punchline

Teacher commenting:
Research Question:
  • How do written comments vary from comments typed?
  • How do positive comments effect a writer's feeling towards revisions?
  • How should a writer interpret teacher's expectations?
Features of all three:
  • Comments typed have more detail and explaination
  • Comments hand written are sometimes hard to read and aren't more than a sentence, if that
  • There are more comments when typed then when written
  • Given examples by the professor the writer can use their comments to expand their paper by adding more sources and information
  • A teacher's expectations are depended upon their comments
  • If the comments are short the writer may assume that they do not need to revise a lot or write to their full intentions because the professor shows no interest.
  • If the comments are long the writer may assume that the professor cares and is willing to help the student to better their writing by providing examples and sources for the writer to use to strengthen their writing.

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