All contacts (face-to-face, mail, telephone, e-mail) with each participant, all observations of teaching or interaction between each participant and students or teaching colleagues, and all materials gathered are recorded in the two data logs that follow [data logs are not included in this web version]. For organizational purposes and referencing within the text of this thesis each item has been assigned a code that records: participant, event type, record type, and order in the data collection sequence. The coding scheme is given on the following page. In addition, the data log entries record: form and storage location of the item, date obtained, place where it was obtained, type of event, and a brief description of the contents.
Subject Conceptions and Instructional Practices
Data Log Codes
Event/Item Code
NN |
Participant Code |
JO RW |
Jonathan Ode Randy Walker |
ABC |
Event Type/ Collection Mode |
DIS DOC INT LES MTG |
Discussion Document Collection Interview Lesson Meeting |
X |
Record Type |
C D N T |
Computer File Document Notes Tape |
## |
Event/Item Number |
01,02,... |
Discussion/Interview/Lesson/ Meeting/Document - numbered in running order from beginning of study |
l |
Article Label |
a,b,c,... |
Article within event/item |
Storage Location Code
NN-L-#-pp(-pp) |
Participant-Log-Book #-page-page |
NN-T-#-A/B-ccc-ccc |
Participant-Tape-#-side-count-count |
NN-F-# |
Participant-File-Folder # |
NN-INT## |
Participant-INTnumber - computer files of interview transcriptions |