REFLECTION PAPER
YOUR TASK
write a paper on Gross Domestic Product. 1,000 to 1,200 word paper (1,000 words is the absolute minimum) in which you state a response to the following prompt;
″Before completing the Homework in this course I thought about Gross Domestic Product in this way __ (how someone would think before taking a macroeconomics class) now I think … ″.
ABOUT YOUR RESPONSE
You are free to organize and arrange your sentences and paragraphs in any way you see fit, but your response MUST at least have the following 5 elements:
It must state and define the concept or idea.
It must explain how you viewed or understood the concept before completing the course assignments.
It must explain your new way of viewing, or understanding the concept.
It must say the reason why your perspective, or understanding changed. In other words, what did you do, see, or hear (in class discussions) as a result of completing the assignments that helped transform your opinion.
As you produce your response, you should also consider the following:
The implications of the change in perspective. In other words, now that you see this concept in this way, what are some of the things that will come after? What will you do differently? What follows? Also, analogies and metaphors are a great way to illustrate how one views a concept or an idea.
If appropriate, cite references using in-text APA citation style. In-text citations are placed within sentences and paragraphs.
Make an attempt stick to the 1,200 word maximum, .
THINGS TO CONSIDER
You should also be familiar with the Intellectual Standards,
The following Intellectual Standards; Clarity, Accuracy, Precision, Relevance and Logic, As you write, use the questions below to solicit or achieve each standard.
CLARITY: Could you elaborate further on that point? Could you express that point in another way? Could you give me an example?
ACCURACY: Is that really true? How could we check that? How could we find out if that is true?
PRECISION: Could you give more details? Could you be more specific?
RELEVANCE: How is that connected to the question? How does that bear on the issue?
LOGIC: Does this really make sense? Does that follow from what you said? How does that follow?
Question at Issue: Can you identify and explain a change in perspective, opinion, or Point of View, you have had regarding one of the concepts in list above, as a direct result of completing the course assignments?
Purpose: In this assignment, your objective is to identify and explain a change in perspective, opinion, or Point of View, you have had regarding one of the concepts in list above, as a direct result of completing the course assignments.
Point of View: You are trying to answer the Question at Issue, from the perspective of person who completing the course assignments, which means, that you were asked to;
Information – What evidence (what did you do, see or hear), or facts did you use to reach the conclusion that there is another way of looking at or understanding the concept in question? What allowed you to see this concept in another way? What allowed you to see that the concept in question, is this other thing, that you did not think about before? What allowed you to see that the concept in question can be used for this other thing, that you did not know it could be useful for?
Assumptions – which things did you take for granted, or a as given, before completing the assignments regarding the concept in question? What are your assumptions now?
Implications – Now that you see this concept in a different way, what are some of the things that follow? What will you do different? How will this new perspective change your approach to things? What happens next?
