Final Self-Assessment

Pitcha Sudjaritjuntorn

Professor Clark

English 21007-B

13 December 2018

 

Final Self-Assessment (of entire class)

Throughout this English course, I was exposed to many new types of writing and I was able to improve my skills by doing writing assignments, communicating with the professor and classmates, and by reading the textbook. My perspective on engineering have also widened because I was able to meet other students with engineering majors and I got to learn their ideas and mindsets. Each class session, I did different writing assignments and class activities that helped stimulated my learning experience. In the beginning of the course, I had very little knowledge in technical writing. However, by the end of this course, I was able to showcase the knowledge I learned from the semester in my recent assignments and in the final project.

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Lab Report Reflection Essay

Pitcha Sudjaritjuntorn

Professor Clark

English 21007-B

15 October 2018

 

Self-Reflection on Lab Report

            The purpose of this assignment was to write a technical lab report on an experiment of whether bananas would be preserved better in the refrigerator or in the freezer in comparison to the degradation rate under room temperature. From doing this assignment, I learned that bananas react to different temperatures and that there are several factors that can affect the accuracy of the results such as the refrigerator and freezer door being opened many times. The format of a lab report was difficult to write in because this was my first time writing one. Firstly, the report was supposed to be in a passive voice which meant that I was not able to use “I” or “my” since I had to make the experiment seem applicable to everyone. Secondly, the report followed APA format which was something I am unfamiliar with because I have been using MLA format in my previous writing classes. However, this assignment did help me become more familiar with using the APA format. Thirdly, this lab report was difficult to write because I tend to be very wordy in my writing and it was difficult to make my report sound less complex.

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