The following two documents are unique from my other scientific writing, in that they both are disproving a common myth or misconception. The first document is from a Sophomore Seminar class for biology majors and the second from Comprehensive Anatomy and Physiology II. In both of these documents, I thoroughly analyze the literature and data provided from previous research and analyze its credibility to arrive at my conclusions about the topic. Specifically, when trying to reach my conclusions about the myth/misconception, I analyze the data present from other researchers to arrive at my conclusions.

Development of this skill is particularly important. In the field, it is essential to be able to recognize what research is relevant to the topic studied at hand, if it is valid research or not, and if there are any conflicts of interest present. Without being able to correctly identify what data is portraying will prove problematic when identifying what additional research should be conducted and when concluding what data is valid. In both of these assignments, I learned how to correctly interpret results from other researchers’ experiments. I also learned how to correctly identify the reputability of a journal article and gain access to these journals.

I have taken away a great amount of knowledge from both of these assignments and have been able to utilize these skill in my other classes. Although both of these assignments are pooling research from many different sources to arrive at a conclusions, much like a standard review paper in the field, these skills have aided me to write introduction sections for research articles as well. I have successfully utilized Greenwood Library’s databases through Longwood University, but would especially would like to learn more about how to access these journals and articles outside of the library’s resources.