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It is crucial in any college-level course that students understand…
It is crucial in any college-level course that students understand how to process class material in a meaningful way and express, through writing, their critical thinking. In an effort to encourage you to think about psychological topics, . The purpose of these assignments is to process the material about what you THINK. What you should do in this activity is write about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with the information and synthesize those personal thoughts with the course material.
Each of these reflections will be personal expressions of your learning. By reflecting on what you have learned, you can track the progress you’ve made. This experience will also allow you to notice the gaps in your knowledge and skills. These reflection postings will allow you the opportunity to integrate your thoughts and opinions with the course material, which is a very valuable skill you need to develop in college.
You must include all of the required elements in each reflection to earn full credit. Keep in mind that this assignment is NOT a research paper that should be filled with various citations, but a simple reference to the material is appropriate. This will allow you to practice APA style and the synthesis of your thoughts with psychological content. Remember this is a reflective process in which you should think about how that topic impacts your life. You can also reflect upon any questions or challenges you had while learning the material. There is no specific question I am expecting you to answer. This is a self-guided process in which you are authoring.
Entries in each reflective journal can include:
Points that were significant or challenging to you
Points that you found specifically interesting in your reading, and would like to follow up in more detail.
How your learning in this course is related to what you’re learning in other ways.
How this material supported or disproved a personal opinion.
Each time you write your reflective journal, think back over everything you’ve done since the last time.
Your reflection journals SHOULD NOT be:
Book reports. The biggest mistake students make with this assignment is submitting a three paragraph
book report which includes every definition they can find about the topic. I already know the
definitions….I want to know what YOU think about those topics.
Personal stories. This assignment required you to understand the material enough to personally reflect
on it, but it is not limited to your personal thoughts, opinions or anecdotal stories. You MUST integrate the course material into your journaling. This also means you must cite information from the textbook into each entry.
(REQUIRED) Instructions for writing assignments
Your answers MUST combine personal experience/opinion and class material.
In every reflection you MUST cite the textbook. Material cited must be paraphrased, not quoted. There
should be no less than two citations per journal entry. Direct quotes will result in a loss of 1 point per
quote.
You must cite your sources in the body of the paper (in-text citation) and in a corresponding reference at
the end of the reflection using APA format.
