REFLECTION ZONE: I Learned New Things!

I have learned a lot from completing my action research.  Besides learning the effects of cultivating a growth mindset from analyzing the results of my data I learned a great deal more.  I became much more familiar with Xcel and how to create the graphs I wanted to best demonstrate my findings.  It was not an easy process since I have not used Xcel this way for some time.  I ended up playing around with it until it did what I wanted.  I also called my brother quite a bit too.  I am not an expert, but I definitely improved my skills.  I also learned more about APA format in the 6th edition.  This too, I have not used for some time, so there was a great deal of time spent looking up certain situations to write my professional paper.  I appreciated my proofreader who also pointed out things I missed.  When I went back to double check the correct procedure I learned more about this process too.  I also learned how to make comments in word.  I had never used this feature before, and I enjoyed being able to comment on other's papers this way.  It works slick, as it allows a proofreader to provide clear feedback without printing a hard copy.  I definitely learned a lot from writing my action research paper.