Final portfolio

How has your writing process changed or evolved over the quarter and how will that influence your writing going forward?
• You may describe your engagement with the writing process holistically over the quarter or the specific stages you focused on in various drafts and assignments.
• You may explain what you learned from developing workshop questions, providing feedback and/or utilizing that feedback for revising your draft.
• You may discuss some challenges you face as a writer and if/how you overcame those challenges during the quarter.
• You may also include a discussion of the various readings, discussions, and activities we completed throughout the course which had a significant impact on your understanding of your writing process and growth as a writer.

Claim:

  • Refined drafting process 
  • Literature review

How will that affect me going forward?

Evidence: 

  • targeted peer and professor feedback
    • A few more direct takeaways I got from this class are minimizing quote citations and to be cautious of ‘fat’ when I’m writing. I hadn’t picked up on these habits until the peer review assignments.
  • Drafting process
    • Splitting up the process of writing essays
      - Research -> Organize -> Draft -> Revise
  • Literature review
    • Assignment 3 - Conducting lit review
      • Thesis dev on network analysis
      • Research review 
      • organizing, and more research review
    • Assignment 1 - Understanding academia and how info is transmitted
      • Learn about avenues to learn in cognitive science
        Conclusion
  • Restate thesis
  • Conclusion about how skills will be useful going forward