D#12, HW#3, Writing Project Reflection

• There were many different steps that I took to complete this writing assignment. A lot of the steps were laid out for me in the course syllabus. Some of those steps include making an outline, a rough draft, and many steps of revision. All of the steps helped greatly in forming a solid research paper. I also looked at a lot of sources in order to do research and find reliable sources that would make for a good research paper. I think I did well with the writing process (mostly due to the due dates in the syllabus). I think that this writing project helped me re-learn how to write a solid research paper. I don’t think you can do that without taking the time to due the research, taking time to make an outline, or taking time to get peer revisions and make revisions of your own. I will try and remember these steps for future writing projects I have.
• For this writing project I am most proud of my attention to detail. It may not be the best research project, but I spent a lot of time looking up how to do APA in text citations and how to label the page numbers. I also took a lot of time to make sure I was grammatically correct when using numbers and symbols. I must have re-read over my paper 100 times and I think my attention to little details, that may not seem important to some, will make my paper that much better. With this writing project I am most concerned about if I supported my argument enough. I guess I’m worried if I gave enough information to persuade people. I addressed this concern beforehand by making sure to do a lot of research and find sound reliable sources. If I had more time for this writing project I would add even more sources into my paper.
• In turnitin.com there was a 10% match rate. When I clicked on it I did not see any highlight in my paper so I am unsure of exactly what the matches were. I re-read my paper and re worded some things just in case those were matches. I think I have tinkered with it enough to where it is good.
• During this writing project I focused on a lot of writing elements. I wanted to make sure I did the best I could for this research paper so I spent a lot of time looking up things that I did now know or was unsure about. I looked up APA style writing at least 100 times to make sure I was doing it properly. I also paid close attention to the grammar assignments we had and corrected my paper accordingly. Another thing I focused on was the process as a whole ( research, outlines, revisions etc.) I definitely feel like I succeeded in improving my writing skills during this writing project.
  I think that this writing project has helped me achieve all of the course outcomes. =) I feel like each outcome was a way of building up to this final research paper. In order to have a good research paper we had to have mastered all of the outcomes.