Assignment: Research Paper – Final Draft & Reflection
OVERVIEW
Once you have received feedback from your instructor and your peer reviewers on your rough draft, it will be time to revise your Research Paper and submit the final draft. When revising, carefully review the feedback you have received from your instructor and classmates, along with the grading rubric.
To earn credit for this assignment, you must make revisions to your rough draft. Remember, you can also visit the Virtual Communication Lab for feedback and help to revise your paper.
In addition to your revised paper, you will need to submit a reflection letter based on the process outlined in the reading in Module 3 Reading and Resources. The reflection letter (at least 250 words) should be uploaded as a separate document.
In your reflection, you should:
- Explain what you intend for the paper to do for its audience. State who you think your target audience is. Discuss the purpose(s) and the effect(s) you want it to have on your readers.
- Describe your process of working on the paper. How did you narrow the assigned topic? What kind of planning did you do? What steps did you go through? What revisions did you make after completing your rough draft, and why?
- How did comments from your classmates and instructor help you? How did any class readings or activities help you?
- What aspects of the paper are you still most concerned about? What aspects are you most proud of?
After you’ve drafted your reflection letter, think about whether your letter and paper match up. Does the paper really do what your letter promises? If not, then use the draft of your letter as a revising tool to make a few more adjustments. Then, when the paper is polished and ready to hand in, polish the letter as well and submit them together.
Be sure to follow APA student paper guidelines for your title page, page numbers, font, margins, and in-text citations and references.
For detailed information on the Research Paper assignment, see the Module 3 Heads-Up: Research Paper page.
