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Reflect on the Research Process
You will be inquiring, trying to find information and researching again. And again. And again.
Thinking about the process will make future research more rewarding, and eventually easier. Work through the reflection questions in the following categories:
Starting Out
- What was difficult about starting this research process?
- What would I do differently at the beginning the next time?
- Did I ask for help if I felt confused or lost?
Organization
- What did I do to help organize my time?
- What did I do that made it difficult to be organized?
Collaboration
- Did I meet with other students in my class to get ideas?
- Did I ask other people to go over my research and findings?
- Did I acknowledge others' contributions?
Resources
- What problems did I have finding information?
- Did I ask for help when I needed it?
- Did I use the library resources?
- Did I have problems using the library resources?
- What did working with experts in the field teach me?
- What was the most helpful to me?
- What was the least helpful to me?
Understanding
- If I were doing this again, I would do the following things differently?
- I used to think this…now I think this....about my topic
- The part I liked the most was…
- The part I liked the least was…
Presentation
- What did I learn about myself as a presenter?
- What did I learn about myself as a writer?
- How did I handle any feelings of anxiety I had?
- What strategies worked best in regard to preparation?
- What strategies worked best in regard to presentation?
If in the International Baccalaureate Programme "The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect."
- Did I consider international resources, situations, and point-of-view?
- Did I try to virtually meet with students regarding the same topic from other parts of the world?
- Did I live up to the IB mission?
- Which learning profiles did I use? Did I do honor to these profiles?
- Balanced
- Open-minded
- Caring
- Inquirer
- Knowledgeable
- Principled
- Refective
- Thinkers
- Communicators
- How was my Approach To Learning (ATL) affected?
Future
- How did this experience prepare me to be college, career, or military ready?
- What new learning can I carry into my future?
- How has this experience changed me?
- If I were advising a future student I would tell them…
Based in part from resources from Baltimore County Public Schools!
