Reflections on a Research Report:
Dr. Dorothea Dunayer – English 102
Directions: Reflecting on what you have just accomplished in the research report is important. Write your answers in sentence form.
1. What did you investigate? What were your goals? What did you accomplish or attempt to accomplish in this study? How successful do you think you were?
2. What did you learn from reading the research literature that informed your study?
3. What sort of data did you collect? How did you collect the data? What successes or difficulties did you have in carrying out this action research?
4. What did you learn about research and plagiarism?
5. MLA Format:
a. What was the most challenging aspect of using MLA?
b. What was the easiest aspect of using MLA?
c. What was the main lesson learned about MLA?
6. What did you find to be the most challenging in working on this research paper?
7. Sources:
a. What types of sources did you find the most helpful?
b. Why is it necessary to evaluate sources?
c. What criteria are used to evaluate online sources? Why?
8. What was the main lesson you learned about conducting research?
9. What are your strengths as a writer and researcher? What are the weaknesses that you still need to work on?
10. What did you not have a chance to address in your research paper?