The lecture gave you the four-part field note and the asleep test. Today you use both on real observations, and have someone check your work.
Before the lab#
Bring week 1’s corridor log, and something to write on that you’re willing to hand to a partner.
You can observe from the edge of the room and exchange notes in writing. Tell Tamsin if you would prefer the tutor to do the check.
Run sheet#
Times below run from the 14:05 start; finish at 14:55.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 0:00–0:06 | Review the four-part format. Rewrite “the other student was rude” using the fictional exchange below. |
| 0:06–0:22 | Observe one public space: the café queue, library entrance, or this room. Record exchanges: who by role, words, what happened next. Record the window and location if no exchange occurs. |
| 0:22–0:31 | Swap notes. Underline interpretations and sentences that describe a person rather than an exchange. Check for names too. Use the prepared example if either log is empty. |
| 0:31–0:43 | Rewrite or cross out the marked sentences. Label any inferred rule as an inference, and any answer to “what if?” as a prediction. |
| 0:43–0:50 | Choose a rule to test on a real second instance before Sunday. If today’s log was empty, start from a real exchange in last week’s log or one you took part in this week. Write what would count against the rule. |
A prepared exchange#
Fictional practice data: in a tutorial, A begins a question while B is still speaking. B says “one second”, finishes the sentence, then says “go ahead”. A asks the question. Rewrite “B was rude” and “A never listens” using only those events. A possible rule is: in this group, “one second” can reserve the current turn. That is a hypothesis to test, not something the example has established about all groups.
Practice data can fill the rewriting exercise. It cannot replace the real observations and real second instance required in a submitted journal entry.
Why a partner reads your notes#
A partner may catch an impression you have written as an observation. Ask them to point to the words that describe what happened.
Partners are assigned by the tutor to mix the room. Compare what each of you recorded and what you inferred; keep any differences to revisit in week 11.
What leaves the room#
Checked notes, an honest record of any empty observation period, and one written-down rule. Test the rule this week, then use the result in Sunday’s journal entry: what happened, the rule, the test, the rule now.