Mid-term Reflection (pdf)

1. Fieldwork
Research
Methods:
Mid-­‐Term
Reflection
(page
1)
Name:
______________________________________
Student
No:
________________________________________
Research
Topic:
_______________________________________________________________________________________
A.
Research
Statements
1.
What
are
you
research
questions?
OR
What
do
you
want
to
find
out?
2.
Has
your
research
focus
changed?
yes,
a
lot
/
yes,
a
little
/
no,
not
at
all
3.
If
it
has
changed,
how
has
it
changed?
(e.g.
change
of
focus
/
hope
meets
reality)
B.
Observations
1.
How
many
formal
observations
have
you
done?
_______
2.
What
did
you
observe?
3.
What
did
you
learn
about
your
topic
by
observing?
4.
What
was
easy
or
difficult
about
observing
for
you?
5.
What
have
you
learned
about
observing?
What
tips
would
you
suggest
for
others?
6.
Do
you
have
any
questions
for
Robert
about
your
observations?
7.
How
many
research
sheets
have
you
written
about
your
observations?
_______

2. Fieldwork
Research
Methods:
Mid-­‐Term
Reflection
(page
2)
C.
Interviews
How
many
people
have
you
interviewed?
(NOT
including
during
our
class
time)
1.
informal
chats:
people
_______
research
sheets
written
_______
2.
Who
did
you
chat
to
(not
including
people
during
our
class
time)?
3.
formal
interviews:
people
_______
research
sheets
written_______
4.
Who
did
you
interview
(not
including
people
during
our
class
time)?
5.
What
did
you
learn
about
your
topic
from
your
informal
chats
and
formal
interviews
(this
time,
including
those
during
our
class
time)?
7.
What
was
easy
or
difficult
about
interviewing
for
you?
8.
What
have
you
learned
about
interviewing?
What
tips
would
you
suggest
for
others?
9.
Who
do
you
plan
to
interview
next?
10.
Do
you
need
Robert
to
help
you
find
further
interviewees?
If
so,
what
type
of
people?
11.
Do
you
have
any
other
questions
for
Robert
about
interviews?

3. Fieldwork
Research
Methods:
Mid-­‐Term
Reflection
(page
3)
D.
Questionnaire
1.
Are
you
planning
to
do
a
questionnaire?
yes
/
no
2.
If
you
answered
yes
in
question
1:
Who
do
you
anticipate
your
respondents
will
be?
(circle
one)
high
school
students
OR
university
students
OR
my
respondents
will
be
___________________________________
Do
you
need
Robert
to
help
you
find
these
respondents?
yes
/
no
3.
If
you
answered
no
in
question
1,
would
you
still
like
to
learn
how
to
create
a
questionnaire
in
English
and
Japanese?
yes
/
no
4.
Do
you
have
any
questions
for
Robert
about
your
questionnaire?
E.
Reading
1.
How
much
have
you
read
so
far
about
your
topic?
_____
newspaper
or
journal
articles
e.g.
_______________________________
_____
academic
articles
e.g.
__________________________________________
_____
book
chapters
e.g.
___________________________________________
_____
books
e.g.
___________________________________________________
_____
other
e.g.
___________________________________________________
2.
What
have
you
learned
so
far
from
your
readings?
Please
choose
three
or
so
main
ideas
that
are
relevant
to
your
research:
n
n
n
3.
Do
you
need
Robert
to
help
you
find
further
readings?
If
so,
what
type
and
topic?
4.
Do
you
have
any
questions
for
Robert
about
your
readings?

4. Fieldwork
Research
Methods:
Mid-­‐Term
Reflection
(page
4)
F.
Brief
overview
of
your
research
at
this
point
1.
Briefly
explain
how
your
research
is
going
at
this
mid-­‐way
point.
2.
Briefly
explain
the
next
few
steps
that
you
plan
to
take.
3.
Do
you
have
any
questions
about
your
research
project?
4.
Do
you
have
any
questions
about
the
fieldwork
class?
5.
Do
you
have
any
other
requests
for
Robert
to
help
you
that
you
haven’t
written
above?
6.
Finally,
do
you
have
any
comments
or
suggestions
to
improve
the
class?
Thank
you!
Please
send
this
to
me
by
Saturday
evening,
November
8th.
I
will
print
this
out
and
bring
it
to
our
meeting
on
Monday
November
10th
in
R61.