I have just finished the final edit of the findings and interpretation part of our report. As I read through the sentences, the whole process of report writing came up to my mind. It was not easy to propose, conduct survey, analyze data and write a report in 3 weeks time, but three of us worked together and made it happened! I was proud to tell that I did enjoy a positive learning experience, in terms of report writing, group communication and team work.
Report writing skill was one of the most significant things I learnt from this project. From setting objective and hypothesis to writing conclusion and explanation, as well as following the APA format of the report, this project taught us everything. I believed it would benefit us through our work and study in the further. Besides, effective group communication as a whole was another aspect of learning in this project. It did not only contain sharing information with others, but effective listening to group members’ opinions and comments. Most important, when agreement couldn’t be achieved by discussion, it required us to submit to the group leader’s decision and try our best to support it. Here, team work played a crucial part. We split the report into three parts, and each of us took charge of one part. For each part, we discussed the idea together and the person in charge recorded it down and drafted it in the report. After this, we worked in a team to edit and finalize the draft. In this way, we concerned every member’s opinion by discussing the report in a group, and saved time and troubles in writing report by asking one member to draft each part.
Since group communication as a whole and team work contributed to the success in our project, we would extend them to our oral presentation. In contrast, we would try to avoid the weak area in communication encountered in this project. For example, during discussion, we focused too much on details but lost the idea in general. This not only wasted our time but misled us from the project. We believed that after avoiding this, we would achieve a success in oral presentation.
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I learn a lot from the report writing part as well. It provides a good opportunity to practice the 7C writing skills, and to be familiar with the APA format. There are many aspect needed to be consider while writing the report. For example, we need to take note of the structure of our sentences to make sure that the idea is fully conveyed, and also the formality of the sentences may influence the mood of our readers. Besides, citing and referencing using APA format is very useful in report writing in the future.
Working as a team made the process of doing the project enjoyable! We were also able to learn together as well as learn from each other. The format, structure and tone in a report were some of the things I have learnt. I agree with you that this is beneficial for us in the future when we study or work. I find your group's method of solving a situation of disagreement of ideas quite effective. This is because rather than wasting time arguing over our own points, we should spend time finalising the idea and discuss how to support the idea with facts. This speeds up the work process and saves a lot of time.
Ya. Forget to mention about APA format which is very important in report writing. Besides, I am very confident on our project as well as the coming oral presentation.
Thank you, Wang Xu, for your reflective post. Am happy to hear that it was a positive learning experience for you and that you have benefited from doing this project in terms of gaining research writing skills. Am glad too that there was good teamwork among the three of you. Thanks for all the hard work!
You might want to break up your second paragraph into two or more paragraphs for a more structured post.
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