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Welcome to my blog!
I'm Serife Sevis, a PhD student in Mathematics Education.

My research interest is Models-and-Modeling Perspective which investigates thinking development of problem solvers. To elicit problem solvers' thinking process and understand the implicit ideas as well as the explicit ones, I had to collect different types of data (i.e. written works, posters, group discussions, individual and group interviews, observation notes, field journals, etc).

I am currently in the stage of deciding the most appropriate analysis method(s) for my research questions in my dissertation. I believe that this is one of the important skills that I need to develop as a researcher. I am also aware that it requires great deal of knowledge both in my research area and in qualitative inquiry. I am hoping to improve my knowledge and skills in this direction throughout this semester with the help of Y650-Digital Tools in Qualitative Inquiry.

This blog will serve as a record of my thoughts on class readings and digital tools that I will experience in this semester. So, "Becoming a Reflective Researcher" blog will be my research and reading journal.

With this blog, I am hoping to engage in researcher reflexivity, which will help me conceive myself thoroughly as a part of the research (i.e. a part of the research data and process).