Progress Report on Dec 7

Hello again!

It was a busy week, very busy. And it's not over. Anyway, before I complain too much here's what I have done this week:

1. I finalized my lesson plans! Yay! I even had my jury members review them and they said I'm good to go. So, I'll start my treatment this Monday. Excited!

2. I met my stats friend and we did the first part of the statistical analysis I need for my progress report. He's a PhD student as well, and very busy so it's difficult to catch him. I'll try to see him again this week and finish the analysis of the pretest with him. Then, I'll start writing the analysis at the weekend.

3. My 4th (and last) progress report will be on 7th Dec. The next one will be my defense in May or June. I already feel like writing my acknowledgements and give my Oscar speech, but I need an analysis and a conclusion chapter written first :D

Anyway, I'll see you after I give the first part of my treatment on Monday.

Bye!

Towards the 4th progress report

Here are some updates:

1. I almost finalized my lesson plans. I just need to make them look good. The content is done.

2. I graded all the pretests. They're ready to be entered to SPSS.

3. I wrote my task descriptions today.

What's next?

1. I have to enter the data to SPSS next week. I don't have SPSS on my mac, so I have to wait until I start work on Monday. I plan to finish computerizing the data on Wednesday and call my friend for the analysis.

2. I want to rewrite my methodology chapter because a lot has changed. I'm planning to do it on Saturday and Sunday.

3. I need to see my supervisor to ask about stuff I'm not sure about. If he says I'm good to go, I'll give my treatment the following week.

I'll be back with more updates later.

4th progress report soon...

I was sleeping peacefully...until the guilty feeling woke me up this morning. It happened again. Ok, I just realized (I knew it before too of course but this is how it happens, it just strikes me) that I have only one month before my next progress report and I have to analyze my pre-test for that.

I will call my friend to help me with evaluating, computing and analyzing the tests.

I need to be quick! Next week is holiday and people won't be found around. I need to be smart! Damn!