Students engage in novel discovery to identify knowledge gaps and use appropriate methodologies to develop new knowledge and applications.

During your Research course, you may have done some of the following:

• Engage in the process of novel discovery and creation of knowledge
• Demonstrate an understanding of research methods appropriate to the discipline
• Explain how research is relevant to stakeholders at local, state, national, or global scales

Reflection Activities

First, clearly identify and describe your Research course (as identified in DegreeWorks). Then, select and incorporate evidence that demonstrates you had some of the experiences suggested above. To do so, you will need to complete at least 2 of the reflection activities listed below. As this is a digital portfolio, avoid relying only on writing.  Consider providing pictures, video, or other media to demonstrate skills obtained or enhanced by this experience.

You can use video to respond to some of the prompts, so long as you also include materials you produced during the experience.

1. Include a publication or give a presentation on the research conducted. Reflect on that experience. What did you learn from this experience? How will the skills you learned as an undergraduate researcher advance your future career?
2. Describe how your research is significant. How are your research questions and/or findings relevant to stakeholders at the local, state, national, or global levels? What are the practical and theoretical contributions of your research?
3. Reflect on the process you underwent to arrive at your research questions/proposal. Describe your inspirations, setbacks, and decisions made throughout the process.
4. Include a one minute reflection video regarding your research experience. What were key experiences and concepts you will take away from this process? How will this be useful to you in the future?
5. How does the research you have done in this course relates to other classes you have taken? Make connections between issues or concepts discussed in other courses that informed the research you conducted for this class. Compare the research skills you gained from this course with other research-based courses.
6. Based on what you learned from the research you conducted for this course, what are the implications of your findings? What additional research would you like to do in the future to expand upon the work you did for this class?

If one or more of the prompts don’t seem to directly address your experience, please feel free to interpret them to some degree, allowing you to respond in an authentic way. This is your experience; these prompts are meant to help you share it in a way that is useful to multiple audiences.