EER500 1b returns

The assignment was actually marked and returned by Christmas eve (which is really quite a feat by the lecturer) but as I decided that I would "take off" the time between Christmas and New Year and not think about Uni or libraries or anything other than the family things I have only now come to look at it.

The feedback was extensive - in fact each sentence was marked in a way like a high school students with grammatical suggestions, and deleted, added and changed words and sentences. I did reasonably well but came away feeling that my work especially my referencing was rather sloppy. It was also the first time (in 2 masters!) that my academic writing style has been criticised - this included things like not having a space between the p and . in p.56 for example and the way i use in-text references. However, in some ways I wish this sort of feedback had been provided earlier as I think I became complaisant about some things which I will now strive to correct.

Having said that, I can see how the feedback and ideas will be useful in going ahead with the next assignment.

EER500 Assignment 1b

I have completed assignment 1b - this has been a really interesting experience. At first I questioned how valuable looking at another's assignment might be but in fact it was really useful. Looking at someone else's forces one to confront one's own efforts and also makes one look at another's point of view and construction which in my case lead to a very clear understanding of what is required to develop good arguments for research and what makes a good research question.

EER500 Assignment 1

well this assignment certainly came around fast - I get where its going for the next part but shees its certainly straight up and into it.

After posting this one - the next step is to do some reading and then evaluate both my and another students' posting and discuss strengths and limitations of various aspects of these. Its almost like learning in reverse.