critically analyze your annotated bibliography creation process through critical reflection.
(DEAL) Describe, Examine, and Articulate Learning.
Describe the experience objectively. Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Examine and identify the experience via the following reflection prompts:
Personal Growth: Your strengths, weaknesses, skills, assumptions, etc that emerged through this experience. The effect on service toward others. Your personal need to change, and how you will accomplish it.
Civic Engagement: Based on what you were trying to accomplish; what approaches did you take and why? Due to this experience is there a need to move to a more systemic approach? (in other words, how did you gather the documents you used in your annotated bibliography and would you do this process differently next time? Why? Why not?).
Academic Enhancement: What academic concepts apply to the annotated bibliography process? Is it similar to any previous experience? Do we need to adjust the process?
Articulate Learning. What did I learn? How did I learn? Why is it important? What will I do because of it?
Sample Solution
1. Research: The annotated bibliography process requires researching and gathering information from a variety of sources to compile an accurate and comprehensive list.
2. Critical Thinking & Analysis: When creating an annotated bibliography, one must understand the content of each source and be able to critically assess it in order to provide a concise yet meaningful annotation.
3. Synthesis & Organization: Annotating different sources requires carefully synthesizing the gathered information and organizing it into an understandable format that is consistent across all entries.
4. Citation Formatting: Properly formatting citations for every entry on the annotated bibliography can also be an important academic concept, as incorrect formatting could lead to confusion or inaccuracy in the end product.