Appendix B

This appendix shows an example of this analysis in the similarities and differences category with each student's utterances centering on attitudes about HyperCard and regular text.

Example of a debriefing interview analysis summary charts
A F-02 Based on our observations of what you have done, what do you think we will learn about the similarities and differences between HyperCard and regular text?
A F-06 What are your views about the similarities and differences between doing projects on HyperCard and doing them with regular text?
A F-09 What ways do they serve similar or different purposes?




E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
more interesting HC 02 1 1 1
more interesting (story) HC 02 1
more interesting HC 06 1
interesting HC 02 1
keeps you interested HC 09 1
want to get the reader interested HC 06 1
exciting HC 06 1
more exciting HC 02 1
can do things a lot better HC 09 1
better HC 02 1
make them look nicer HC 09 1
lot more fun HC 02 1
learned more about HyperCard HC 02 1
presentation better HC 06 1
I like doing them on the regular texts RT 06 1
good if you are writing a business letter RT 09 1
can't do much on the regular text RT 09
not as interesting RT 06
regular projects--boring RT 06
kind of boring RT 06
boring RT 06
learned the same amount B 02
depending on what you're doing B 06


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