Reflecting on this course I have realized how successful I have
become in researching information and acquiring new skills. At the beginning of
the course I do have to say I did not understand what methods, results, and discussion
were prior to this course. After reading multiple examples and having to do our
own based from our research made it easier to understand. I also grew immensely
from this course. Before I had no idea what an annotated bibliography was and
it was the most challenging for me and consumed the most time. After spending
time reading student papers and attending class, I can confidently say I am
able to understand scholarly reviewed articles and successfully interpret and
synthesize them.
During the course, I feel like I struggled with having dead
wood. Not all assignments I turned in contained it but when it was present,
dead wood is hard to get rid of. By having “dead wood” written on my paper MULTIPLE
times helped me recognize my errors and grow as writer. I have never written
the types of papers I had to in this course. I find that as an advantage
because now I can apply the skills I learned and acquired to future papers.
I will be applying the skills I learned through the course
in my life and I can help other peers in doing so. Learning and growing is a
part of life. Starting all the way from our interpretive summary to our final
paper, it has been a long journey of interpreting, synthesizing, condensing, persuading
and supporting. Throughout the course, I was motivated by wanting to pass the
class. Writing was never my strong suit but now that I have experienced all the
tasks thrown at me I can effectively apply these skills to real life situations.
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