791 - Making Sense of the Dervin Article The article, From the Mind’s Eye of the User: The Sense-Making Qualitative-Quantitative Methodology by Brenda Dervin definitely proved to be a challenging and dense read. We were asked to be metacognitive in the reading of it, focusing on our own processes as we tried to understand the content. I found myself feeling uncertain in the first couple of pages and soon frustrated. I found bits and pieces that seemed to make some sense but a few sentences later, I was again wondering what the author meant. After struggling with the content I will venture to guess that Dervin may be trying to teach concepts and principles and perhaps the gist of the article is about perspective. If I were to try to teach the content of this article to a high schooler, I think I would spend more time trying to understand it myself and find a colleague to discuss it with. I would search for graphics and perhaps video clips that may help students process the information and build understanding.
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KAte
9/27/2016 11:44:23 pm
ARGH! I thought I was reading and replying to Dana, when the link pops up above someone else's row in the sheet I get confused sometimes.
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Dana Hand
9/28/2016 02:00:22 pm
"Challenging" "Frustrating" "Wondering what the author meant". I can definitely connect with your feelings as you read this article. I had the same sense of false hope that I was getting a glimmer of understanding only to be dashed a few sentences later. Experiencing having reading be a challenge definitely makes me empathize with what my struggling readers must feel on a daily basis!
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