| | Nature of response | No. of responses towards the nature of metaphor | | 2005/06 (EIP-S1) | 2006/07 (FIP-S1) | 2007/08 (FIP-S2) | 2007/08 (EIP-S3) | Total (%) |
| | Positive items (%) | 27 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 109 | | (e.g., mirror, stair, rainbow, sunshine after rain) | (77.1) | (51.4) | (56.1) | (53.8) | (58) | | Negative items (%) | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 36 | (e.g., beat each other, invisible pen, disappointment,
talking tactics on paper) | (14.3) | (12.9) | (14.0) | (19.2) | (19.1) | | Neutral items (%) | 3 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 43 | | (e.g., train, watching movie, parenting, medicine) | (8.6) | (35.7) | (29.8) | (26.9) | (22.9) | | Undecided items (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | (e.g., zip file, white paper) | | | | | |
| | Total count (%) | 35 (100) | 70 (100) | 57 (100) | 26 (100) | 188 (100) |
| | No. of codes derived from the metaphor |
| | Positive items (%) | 33 | 58 | 43 | 24 | 158 | | (e.g., mirror, stair, rainbow, sunshine after rain) | (82.5) | (66.7) | (57.3) | (60) | (65.3) | | Negative items (%) | 4 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 41 | (e.g., beat each other, invisible pen, disappointment,
talking tactics on paper) | (10) | (9.2) | (32) | (12.5) | (16.9) | | Neutral items (%) | 3 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 41 | | (e.g., train, watching movie, parenting, medicine) | (7.5) | (24.1) | (9.3) | (25) | (16.9) | | Undecided items (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | (e.g., zip file, white paper) | | | (1.3) | (2.5) | (0.8) |
| | Total count (%) | 40 (100) | 87 (100) | 75 (100) | 40 (100) | 242 (100) |
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