Reflection Essay Final

For the final essay in this course, you need to reflect on what you have learned using the Student Learning Outcomes and the Marketable Skills designated for this course. Student Learning Outcomes include your knowledge of research, how to integrate quotes and paraphrases from primary and secondary sources into an essay, how to write an essay without plagiarizing, how to create a credible or trustworthy style in your writing, and how to use MLA form or another documentation system to avoid plagiarism. The Marketable Skills for the course include Written Communication, Critical Thinking or analysis, Teamwork, and Personal Responsibility. Take some time to think about what you've learned in terms of these outcomes and skills. Jot down details for each outcome or skill, then start writing a 6-10 paragraph reflection essay. Assume your audience is a new student to the course and you are relaying to them what you learned. Create an engaging introduction and perhaps a summary conclusion to leave them with your final thoughts on English 1302. Then use the body paragraphs of the essay to discuss what you have learned. You might use the following heuristic to help you generate details. 1. What did you learn about researching secondary sources in the library databases or from the web? How did you decide on the credibility of a source? Did you find it hard to read some of these sources? What have you learned about MLA form for parenthetical citations and Works Cited pages? What other documentation styles have you worked with in other courses? 2. What did you learn about paraphrasing and summary writing in this course? How will those skills translate to other courses or a job as part of the Marketable Skill of Written Communication? 3. Did you have problems with plagiarism in the course? If so, how did you correct those problems? If you had no problems with plagiarism, what skills helped you avoid plagiarism? How do these ethical choices relate to the Marketable Skill of Personal Responsibility? Did attention to these ethical choices help you to create a credible style in your writing? 4. Were you able to develop Teamwork Skills in the course through the shared work of defining terms and feedback groups? Are you a lone wolf? How can you show a future employer that you are a teamwork person even if you are a lone wolf? Did you gain any personal benefits from doing group work? Were you able to do collaborative research? Did you handle the shared research ethically? 5. What have you learned about analysis--Critical Thinking? Do you understand the value of drawing a valid inference in analysis? Do you understand the application of criteria--terms--to help you take apart a complex situation like a poem? Do you understand the value of doing research to aid in critical thinking? Can you see how analysis and synthesis are part of critical thinking--taking something apart to create a new thing? Can you convey to an employer what you've learned about the Marketable Skill of Critical Thinking?