Reflective Essay: Project 2

At the beginning I didn’t really know what to do my research on. Then I saw some of the options that I had and I thought why not note taking? So when I was doing my proposal I still wasn’t a hundred percent sure and I always had in my mind that I can always change my topic. So when I had the meeting about my proposal I was having kind of good ideas on what to do with that research, and at the end I decided to do it on note taking. Another why I chose that topic is because that’s something I’m very interested on, I like to take notes, it keeps me focused and I pay more attention. I had written research papers because during my high school years, but not like this one. I remember my teachers would ask for it maybe a week or weeks later, but they wanted the entire paper. I really liked that this time we had time to write everything but little by little, and I think that’s a very good way that improves our writing skills. I learned from this research that we all have different kinds of strategies when it comes to learning. We use note taking in different ways. I think that now for the rest of my classes I’m going to try to make my notes a little shorter and write less information that I don’t need. Good note taking now I can say is just like the main key points and a short definition. And a advice that I can give other students is to use colors. Like the key words I write them in different colored ink, and then I highlight the definition. I think is a good way to read your notes and gain a little bit more of knowledge. This research can help students that want to improve their learning techniques. I know that not all of them like to write notes during their classes, or while they’re reading a book or article, but they do learn, and is a good way to keep them focused. I did an experiment, which helped me understand how we write differently, and each students use different techniques. I think an experiment is more accurate than a survey or interview, because people can just lie and sometimes they don’t even care, and with an experiment you’re watching them, and they can show off their skills. And is a good way to prove your hypothesis right or wrong. Maybe I didn’t have a lot of information and I will always learn more from note taking, but this was a good start and enjoyed talking and investigating about it.