I sat down at Starbucks today, put my MP3 player into my ears, and began going back over my lit review. I got back in touch with my research and my organization. I had hoped that I would crank out the majority of my Lit Review, but realized I want more research first. I think it was a good thing to put it aside for the summer, but now I'm feeling the pressure!
In other news, I have begun to assess my students' through the TIMI (Teele Inventory of Multiple Intelligences). I also passed out a parent survey to the parents at Back 2 School Night (another reason my brain has been pre-occupied/exhausted.) I'm interested to see what these two pieces of information bring about. My feeling right now is that I will be conducting my research and doing my lit review a bit simultaneously. Surely, I'll be finishing the lit review first, but I just feel I need to be able to switch gears depending on my mood.
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Back to school night is a very convenient time to collect information. It makes getting the information so much easier sometimes. I've done the same thing. I think you are on the right track!
I'm so glad to hear that I am not the only one struggling to finish my lit review. I have a big pile of research that I collected over the past week or two. Now it's time to work.
Did you have a large percentage of families attend back to school night? Only about half of my families came this year, which is much lower than usual.
To me, the literature review, really makes action research feel VERY much like "traditional research". Certainly, we all want to investigate what has already been disseminated about our topics, but, especially with the constraints of APA, it is all very intimidating and, yes, exhausting. However, it is a necessary evil.
I found finishing the analysis of my research, really put me in a better frame of mind to get refocused on my literature review. I have not turned back to it completely, but slowly ( not too slowly), but surely, I will get there.
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