Artifact: Literature Review
Below are the learning goals. Bolded goals are those completed in this assignment.
| Goals & Outcomes | Students will: |
| Goal 1: Develop an understanding of the concepts of biological science. | |
| 1.1 | Students will be able to identify and describe the major principles of biology. |
| 1.2 | Students will be able to analyze critically and apply the major principles of cell and molecular biology. |
| 1.3 | Students will be able to analyze critically and apply the major principles of ecology and evolution. |
| 1.4 | Students will be able to analyze critically and apply the major principles of organismal biology. |
| 1.5 | Students will be able to integrate physics and chemistry concepts into relevant biological contexts. |
| 1.6 | Students will be able to apply knowledge of biology to one or more contemporary issues in society. |
| Goal 2: Develop the ability to collect, organize, and evaluate scientific information through experiential learning. | |
| 2.1 | Students will be able to evaluate, interpret, and apply experimental design and draw valid conclusions from experiments. |
| 2.2 | Students will be able to analyze data quantitatively and draw appropriate conclusions. |
| 2.3 | Students will be able to evaluate and interpret data in scientific literature and other sources. |
| Goal 3: Demonstrate the ability to communicate science effectively within and across disciplines. | |
| 3.1 | Students will be able to write effectively in multiple contexts within the discipline. |
| 3.2 | Students will be able to effectively communicate orally in multiple contexts within the discipline. |
| 3.3 | Students will be able to prepare and present, orally and in writing, to scientists in other disciplines and audiences outside the sciences. |
| 3.4 | Students will be able to collaborate effectively in a group setting within the discipline. |
| 3.5 | Students will be able to perform competently in a professional setting. |
Reflection:
The artifact provided here is the final draft of my literature review. The process of writing this paper allowed me to become a lot more familiar with reading scientific articles and deriving important data and information from them to add as evidence to my paper. We needed to add a lot of sources to this paper to support our claims, so I really had to dissect a lot of sources and information.
This experience also taught me a lot about how to synthesize information properly. Synthesizing is something thats really challenging and this assignment gave me more experience with it.
This improved my academic development by teaching me how to take critiques and execute changes effectively. I will take my experiences writing this final version as helpful strategies fro writing papers in the future. Being able to turn critiques into helpful additions to my paper was extremely useful.