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Wow, we did it! This
class has been difficult and amazing! I
have learned so much. I had some
expectations when this class started and the knowledge that I have gained has
far exceeded what I imagined. I won’t
say it was easy, because it was far from that, I found all of the projects to
be time consuming – but also very helpful in the process of being a student.
Writing the literate review has been a very long and tedious
process of reading, re-reading and evaluating all of the articles that I have
gathered through this course. The way
that this has affected the way that I think about research in the future is that
when I make a decision to use the literature that I find, I will take careful
notes as I read through it. I want to
note things that I learned, make areas that are questions for me, and finally,
I will note anything that brings up more questions. I feel that doing the process like that, will
help me to gain a better understanding of my literature, and will avoid double
work.
The part that I found difficult with the literature review
is forming my own thoughts and opinions, because I am (was) so used to
paraphrasing or citing what the researcher discovered and thinks about what
they wrote.
My topic question has evolved slightly, but overall the idea
has remained the same. What did change
is the way that I approached the question, and how I answered it. I had a concept in mind about how I would
tackle the research and as I read more articles, I changed my keywords.
Since my research question was to learn about
neuropsychology vs therapy in the field of psychology, I think that there will
always be question, and answers and then more questions.
Good luck all!
~Belinda Echevers….signing off.
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