Friday, May 11, 2012

Reflection Analytical Research Project

The analytical research project is a challenging but interesting process for me. 
Actually, I got trouble with the PSA because I was confused about the purpose of the PSA. I failed to focus on just one primary source. There are two sources in my primary source so that it was difficult for the reader to catch the thesis statement of my paper.
After reading the feedback from my instructor, I revised my PSA and focused on just one primary source instead of a comparison of two primary source. Once I revised my paper, I found it was much easier to move to SSI because there was only one direction of my paper.

The next challenge would be the integration of primary source and secondary source. The primary source analysis is all my own understanding of a specific source. All details in my PSA should move to a general direction so that I can reach a thesis statement in the SSI. The method that I used to combine the primary source and secondary source is effective. However, the problem is the lack of the connection between the evidence and my statement in each paragraph. I talked to my instructor several times. We always tried to figure out this problem in the conference  time.

For the final ARP, I just revised some confusing points and wrote a general evaluation in upper level beyond the primary source.

The most valuable aspect of this project would be the progressive procedure. Such procedure helps me make more sense about the analytical writing.  

The Challenges that I encountered while working on this project: 
first would be the jmisunderstanding in PSA. My primary source analysis focused on a comparison of two sources rather than a analysis of one source.

second is the integration of primary source and secondary source. I always forgot to go back to my primary source after discussing the evidence.

The difference between this project and one that I did before:
Last quarter, I did a research project for a comparison between two companies. The biggest difference is that I do not have to analyze the primary source. It could be a multidimensional writing because the purpose is not to focus on one specific aspect of these two companies but to evaluate and compare their performances in different aspects.
For the ARP, all parts of analysis should serve for the one thesis statement. The writer cannot reach separate conclusion in each part of analysis.  



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