BLOG 9-Group Work from Tuesday Oct 3rd,2012

Group:
Sara
Liana
Rachel

*Look at Data
*Form research questions
*Develop codes and categories to answer questions
*Gather data on student reactions to comments from your group
*Pose an answer

Question:

• how do comments asking question prompt the writer to develop and further ideas? (implied questions and open-ended questions)
• ALSO- does a complex subject call for complex questions/comments?

Codes:

• Use of hedges: lexical hedges (maybe, please, might), syntactic (can you add an example here?), positive softeners (you've raised a good question but..)
• 0- generic comments
• 1- specific comments
• helpful questions/raise ideas

Comments:

• he gives both specific and general comments
• *depending on what the subject/topic is, it will reflect in the comments (complex argument = more complex questions)
• gives positive feedback 
• gives enough detail to help but not too much to discourage or change completely

Reactions:

• Sara- questions help a writer think more from a different perspective and give more detail. I think questions and comments help see more outside their own eyes.
• Liana- thinks that comments with questions help her answer and develop more ideas in a positive way and helps clarify the subject.
• Rachael- enjoyed the comments and thought that they were helpful. she wishes she received both specific and general comments on previous papers. 

Overall, we thought that asking questions as comments was an effective way to develop more ideas.