Reflection Article Reviews Samples For Students

Reflection as a student

As a student, this was quite a hard task to accomplish. First of all, it sought to look at an issue that could be considered to be abstract; an issue in which one understands it but it is quite hard to explain exactly what it is. It was confusing even to start on how to research and the kind of information to incorporate. More so, there was no much information on the same, which made the writing quite a problem.

Another challenge was that the issue looked to be somewhat philosophical. That is, there did not seem to be a right or wrong ...

Reading Reflection:

“It All Just Clicked: A longitudinal Perspective on Transitions within University”
READING REFLECTION: TRANSITION TO COLLEGE 2
Reading Reflection: “It All Just Clicked: A longitudinal Perspective on Transitions within University”
The article I am read is a longitudinal study from a scholarly journal. The researchers were interested in the transition of students in a university educationally, socially and psychologically. They state, “Much of this has concentrated on the first year of university study, and has focused on investigating students’ knowledge of, and engagement with, a new learning community” (Hazel et al. 2014). The aim of this study was to follow ...

Analysis of Consumer Research

This paper is devoted to the critical review of the three articles related the theory of consumer compliance. The studies offered three different approaches to the issues raised. Empirical data was obtained with the help of in-depth interviews and secondary data analysis. Such a combination of the research methods helps saving time and cost while obtaining the information required for the analysis. Samples used in each research vary significantly as well as the goals of each research. However, they allow making conclusions regarding the goals set.
The following articles were proposed for analysis: “Gaining Compliance and Losing Weight: the ...

The article discusses the unemployment statistics in 2011 and compares it with the previous year. Although the overall numbers indicate a positive employment dynamics, in comparison with 2010 the growth of employment was much slower. Moreover, the wage cost increase per year has exceeded the wage growth, which may suggest further decline in the employment in the upcoming years.

Globalization: Progress Or Profiteering?

The benefits and costs of globalization depend solely on the prospective, as it is stated in the article. While the rich welcome globalization as a tool to increase margins and reduce costs, the poor and unqualified workers see it as a direct threat ...

Study Program

Review of Keenan, J. & Evans, A. 2014. ‘‘I am a starbucks worker my life no longer belongs to me’: the performance of enstrangement as a learning tool,’ Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 101-112.
This paper examines the use of autoethnography as a means of approaching the experience of estrangement, thereby making the researcher’s personal experience a topic of investigation. Autoethnographic practices that emphasize the location of the researcher as an important response to post-structuralist epistemologies in which older forms of certainty in the validity traditional scientific inquiry have been edged out by greater knowledge that experience ...

Action Research - Participatory teacher development at schools: Processes and issues.

Introduction
Several researches have been done into the effect that reflective processes have on a teacher’s learning process. Many are based on the assumption that teaching is associated with tr previous experiences in schooling and their cultural values. In a bid to assist teachers in recognizing the extent of their knowledge and to overcome any misconceptions that they may harbor, as well as to help them to gain a conventional understanding of what they teach and learn, they have to be given a way to explore their culture and knowledge.
They have to be exposed to a reflective process that promotes ...

Name_________________________________________________________ Date:___________

- What is the main point that you want someone to read this paper to understand?
I want to point out the brilliant capacity of decision making of Telemachus. His maturity is reflected through his decision making and his adaptability. That is what I want to highlight from Telemachus's character.
- Where did you focus particular efforts in this paper?
I focused on the deep study of each and every action and decision of Telemachus. I just want to focus on the immense maturity level of Telemachus while dealing each and every situation.
- What ...

Exploring the Relationship between Learning and Leadership

The aim of the researchers in this article is to connect two lines of research namely learning and leadership. They attempt to relate the manner in which people learn to their leadership styles (Brown & Posner, 2001). According to Brown & Posner (2001), transformational learning is a cognitive process in which the learner reflects critically on his or her experiences in a supportive environment that encourage dialogue and relationship with the end product being personal development. Experience triggers reflective thinking that leads to transformation. Leadership skills are obtained from job experiences, professional contacts, and formal education. Learning from job assignments and ...

Reflections to journal articles

Language, language acquisition and language teaching are areas of interest that have engaged the attention of linguists, psychologists and educationists for centuries. Zest in research in these areas continues with new issues being raised as a consequence of development in technology and means of communication. While experts continue to discuss first and second language acquisition, the truth is that it is difficult to find an individual who uses one pure language. Increasing contacts between language communities in a global scenario have resulted in bilingualism and multilingualism. According to Kumar and Yunus, “No society speaks just ‘a language’ that is ‘pure’ in its ...

Polyvinylidene fluoride polymer first exhibited the piezoelectric effect in the year 1969 followed by the pyroelectric effect some years later, leading to the development of numerous applications of pyroelectricity and piezoelectricity. PVDF possesses many attractive features as a tactile or touch sensor. Tactile sensors can be used to monitor skin conditions. They find use in minimally invasive surgery. Tanaka et al. developed an active palpitation sensor to detect hypertrophy and prostate cancer. Pyroelectric and piezoelectric polymers help in energy conversion. The Energy Harvesting Eel device created by Taylor et al. used piezoelectric polymers for the conversion of mechanical flow energy ...

News Item: Jamaica Wins Gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Jamaican sprint legend, Usain Bolt, won the 100m gold at the Olympics finals in Rio, Brazil. Bolt, who is also the 100m sprint record-holder, achieved a time of 9.81 seconds at the Joao Havelange Stadium. He eased off to the finish line just ahead of Justin Gatlin, his American rival, who clocked a time of 9.89 seconds. Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse clocked 9.91 seconds (Kelner, 2016). Although Bolt started terribly, he came back strongly to overthrow Gatlin from the lead. Bolt’s win marks Olympic history because it was his unprecedented third consecutive crown at the 100m winners’ ...

David Kolb developed the Experiential Learning Cycle theory in 1984. In his theory, Kolb explained that learning happens in four stage cycles and four separate learning styles where the recipient learns by undergoing the different knowledge phases from experience to reflection, followed by conceptualizing and ends with Action.
The Experiential learning theory according to Kolb outlines learning as the process of gaining, assimilating, transforming and owning knowledge by interacting with the environment (Kolb, 1984, p. 41). These interactions include abstract, concrete, reflective and active participation forms of learning.

The learning process follows this basic model (Saul McLeod, 2013)

As indicated in the model. Kolb’s learning model follows a ...

Management

The problem the article is attempting to solve
The article attempts to look at the emerging trend among the colleges that offer MBA to introduce the Hippocratic Oath for the students as the case of the medical schools. The article attempts to explore the impact of the Hippocratic Oath on the managers and whether it makes sense in the current business environment. The central problems addressed in the article include whether the oath is a requirement for the practice in the management and whether it can lead to improved management. The author attempts to explore the impact of the ...

Educational system failure could be a national problem since education and knowledge are the root to everything new in life. Therefore, the instruction’s role and instructional strategies need to be precise and practical, which is one of the central focuses of executive education.
According to Schon(1987), the instructor’s role needs to be reviewed. Instead of teachers using the traditional lecture technique, instructors should use more interactive techniques by promoting dialogue and role-play with students, as well as performing as coach or mentor. This would allow students to stimulate the discovery of new meanings along with new ...

Article: “The Five Minds of a Manager”

The article “The Five Minds of a Manager” by Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg presents five crucial aspects in the process of a manager’s way of thinking. The authors claim that in order to manage a company effectively every manager should consider several mind processes at the same time, and only after a detailed and accurate juxtaposition of all five mind-sets a successful management may take place at the company.
Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg assert that in recent years very little attention has been paid specifically to the way a manager should think in order to get the company to the top. ...

A Reflection by Your Name

Innovation is a buzz word in modern day businesses and in fact it never went out of style. It is innovation that has enabled certain companies to stay ahead of the rest and command a premium in the marketplace, products, services and stock value. However, the lack of innovation process and management in an organization leads to underutilization of its most valuable assets in namely: knowledge, ideas, experience and judgment of the workforce. The article represents a framework of Innovation Management 2.0, incorporating the development of both tools and philosophies that enables the employees to be engaged much more fully in the ...

Lab Report One

Write an abstract for the article “Effect of fat replacement on sensory attributes of chocolate chip cookies”. The abstract should be 250 words or less. The abstract should state the objective of the experiment, briefly describe the “methodology” used, state the main results and the conclusions of the experiment. (40 points)
The objective of the experiment was to determine the palatability and overall acceptability of chocolate chips cookies made using fat replacement products and to compare their sensory attributes with those of cookies made with traditional fat. Gerber prune paste, Wonderslim brand fat and egg replacement were used as ...

Dirks, J.M. (1998). Transformative learning theory in the practice of adult education: An overview. PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 7, 1-14. Retrieved from http://www.iup.edu/assets/0/347/349/4951/4977/10251/af0eab12-c2ce-4d2c-b1a0-59b795415437.pdf.
Summary. The article under analysis considers on the issue of transformative learning. John M. Dirks makes an attempt to explain what transformative learning is and what distinguishes it from other practices. In order to do it, the author recommends the reader should pay special attention to the key concepts of four prominent researchers in transformative learning. These concepts are Paulo Freire’s concept of transformation as consciousness-raising, Jack Mazirow’s concept of transformation as critical ...

Importance and Impacts of Mentoring

Abstract
In the present paper, the impact of mentoring on students and employees has been investigated. It has been hypothesized that mentoring positively impacts their overall well-being if provided considering the specific conditions of mentees. Development Mentoring is an approach to school-based mentoring in which high school students work with junior elementary school mentees. Rhodes (2002) stated that around 50 percent peer-mentoring meetings end within initial three months. However, there is a lack of research conducted on premature meetings termination and mentors' absenteeism. Karcher study, though, makes a significant contribution to the literature does not answer the reasons for ...

Summary and Reflection: Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamott

Summary and Reflection
Anne Lamott discussed the value of first drafts in writing through the article Shitty First Drafts, an article in her best-selling book Bird by Bird. As a professional writer, Lamott disputes the commonly held notion that good writers find it easy to create written works without any indication of anxiety or difficulty whatsoever. For Lamott, all writers experience obstacles related to their written works. In turn, Lamott referred to first drafts as those that tend to reflect the obstacles of all writers towards producing the final version of their written works (Lamott, 1994).

Lamott does ...

- Introduction

Social media has undoubtedly changed the face of the world today. The way people interact is different as a result of the social media that they utilize; the changes in social interaction that have occurred have caused a significant cultural shift in humanity. More and more of the everyday actions that people take is occurring over the internet; today, many of people’s relationships occur online. Unlike the generations that came before, today’s world is full of people who are growing up increasingly isolated, except for connections that they make through the internet.

Of course human ...

“Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” was written by Suki Kim in 2004 and is an extract from a wider publication by Roen, Glau and Maid, (2010). In her work, Kim noted how difficult it was for her as a young girl to adjust to a completely different lifestyle following the bankruptcy of her previously wealthy father and a subsequent escape to America. This is her most important point because it is the most repeated theme in the article. Other main points in the work are summarized in the ensuing paragraphs.
Kim stressed on the mishaps she faced regarding racism. ...

In his book information and the Crisis Economy, Herbert I. Schiller contends that the current proliferation of information activities and increasing sophistication of information technology they demand are the result of efforts to control the political, economical, and cultural strains produced by a general crisis in the world market system. This is a review of chapter seven of the book ‘The prospect for democratic communication.’ Schiller opens the chapter by stating that the communication process could serve constructive motives if it could draw the attention of people to the problems they face as well as offering a channel for the presentation ...

Article Reflection

The article that will be reviewed is “Close Reading in Elementary Schools”. The article is about a qualitative research on close reading and how it can be adapted by elementary schools.

The hypothesis that is being tested is whether close reading is an appropriate instructional routine for elementary students. The research methodology used by the authors is the observation of teachers from different grade levels, who taught different subjects and who are willing to explore close reading. The results of the study reveal the key features that must be addressed if close reading is to be implemented in elementary ...

Leadership traits are a very important necessity in the present corporate environment. This review would focus on certain Organizational Behavior concepts in the article by Alan Murray by analyzing and applying these concepts to illustrations in the article.
In his article, Murray illustrates the five basic traits of leadership along with additional traits as identified in the Implicit Leadership Theory. For instance, Murray gives the examples of Lincoln and Socrates as leaders who possessed all the five basic leadership traits and fit into the ‘leadership prototype’ concept. As per Joan Collins, these leaders had the masculine (personal will) and ...

Article Summary and Reflection

Article Summary
Andy Pazstor of the Wall Street Journal reports in his article "Pilots Rely Too Much on Automation, Panel Says" that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) commissioned a study which determined two hazards to airline passengers. The first is that commercial airline pilots have become too dependent on automation, or the so-called autopilot. As a consequence, pilots are said to have "poor manual flying skills" or poor decision-making and are unable to adjust to changes in cockpit technology. The second hazard is "inadequate training" by commercial airliners that the FAA believes impede the pilot's capacity to fully master advanced ...

John E. Ouelette, CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) narrates the true story of fraud perpetrated via e-bay online auctions. Ellie (Eleanor) Wallace is a 63 year old widow with three grown-up sons, and runs a small business of brooches, rings and trinkets. Her husband had left her sufficient money to live comfortably but Roland Granger, an experienced antique sales person, woos Ellie and convinces her that they should operate together in the antique business. He divorces his wife of 7 years, moves in with Allie and the couple gets married. They start their business (Classic Collections) with Ellie’s capital. Ellie’s ...

PSYC101 Journal Article ReviewAssignment - Part 2Article Analysis, Connection, and ReflectionDue: 11:55pm ETSunday at the end ofWeek 6of the 8-week course termYou may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6.Points Possible: 140
OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly ...

Martin Amis's Other People and London Fields

As Brian Finney points out in Narrative and Narrated Homicide in Martin Amis's Other People and London Fields although he is not classified as a crime writer Martin Amis’s stories are filled with crime and focus upon death and murder. . Finney’s critique of Amis’s stories revolves around the continuing themes of women, death, murder and victimization along with their relationship with the enigmatic narrator.
In his analysis Finney looks into the author and the zeitgeist of his era as well. He notes that Amis himself describes his work as “"playful literature" (Neustatter 71) and describes himself ...

Muhammad Zafrulla Khan in his book talks about honor and dignity by Islam to women. He highlights the spiritual equality of women with man. In his opinion all situations about women’s position have been reflected in Qur’an. First of all it is about her economic position. As he pointed Islam has been foremost in assigning to woman a position of economic independence. Islam has made an assignment in women’s role in family life. The author talks about women’s rights and freedom. Some people, especially in Europe think that woman in Muslim world has no rights and ...

Introduction

Art is not a new phenomenon in the modern society, as it has existed for many years. Since time immemorial, art has remained an imperative component that allows people communicate and exchange ideas. Any piece of artwork has a symbolic meaning and one need to interpret artwork based on a given context. In the article entitled, “The Symbolism of Merode Altarpiece,” Meyer states that art is a reflection of peoples’ way of life and their immediate environment. Using art, people have managed expressing their faith and connection with God and other supernatural powers. This aspect forms the main theme in this article.
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Article Reflection

Article Reflection
The article that will be reviewed is “Using Higher Order Questioning to Accelerate Students’ Growth in Reading”. The main thesis of the article is about how teachers today are changing their reading instructions among their students to reflect higher level talk, writing and questioning. Teachers are now realizing the value of encouraging students to engage in higher level talk in discussing reading materials in their classes. Teachers have observed that students are gaining reading achievements since their introduction of higher order questioning. As opposed to instructions based on lower level questions and teacher-directed method of teaching, ...

Interior designs

In the history and filming, interior design has been seen to play a very significant role in passing information to the audience. This is well illustrated in a historical account on interior design which is based on an American movie theater. In the introductory part of the book used (a journal on American culture), the author infers to a shift of one actor from one background to Hollywood theater where everything seems to emphasize interior design and the power it posses to pass the intended message. In one of the paragraphs, the author elaborates on how pictures themselves don’t pass any information ...

In the past few years, many economies in the world have been affected by inflation. It is important to define inflation on the economic perspective in order to understand its phenomenon. Inflation is the general increase in the price level in the economy of a country (Joseph 3). There are various economic terms that are related to the issue of inflation. For instance, inflation may be brought about by an increase in the aggregate demand. Demand is the quantity of a product or a service a consumer is willing and able to buy at the existing market price at a given time period.
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SUMMARY

The article talks about two very important concepts that are gaining increasing importance day by day; the Total Quality Management (TQM) and the Management of Environment (EM). The idea is to design the products while keeping in view the related environmental concerns. Organizations are now determined to make environment friendly products because the customers are very skeptical and they evaluate the organization on the basis of its CSR. Both the concepts are now widely used in every step of production in order to be more cost effective and competitive. These two concepts run in parallel to each other so ...

The article opens with a quotation from George Bernard Shaw’s land mark work Pygmalion in which the premise of the article is surmised. In this case the quotation implies that people behave not in a way which is a product of personal traits and qualities but in a way which reflects the expectations and treatment of the individual by those around them. As such, the author of the article raises key questions in the field of management from the outset despite thus far only getting one paragraph into the article.

Having quoted from Shaw’s Pygmalion Livingston (1988) then goes on to ...

The article highlights a research that has been done to find out the difference in leadership styles of the managers in Germany and UK. This article talks about how EFQM modifies the leadership role in an organization and makes it more strategic. This model demands a leader to be more inspirational and proactively participate in organization development and expansion. There are three clauses of EFQM that are relatively close to those enclosed in the literature of Anglo American that are; mission and the vision, management of people and the implementation of change. These aspects were previously considered as the main reason ...

Orathinkal in conjunction with Burggraeave and Vansteenwegen composed the article. Forgiveness is presently a subject of enormous interest to psychologists. The authors define terms related to forgiveness that are exoneration, justification, mercy, excuse, and reconciliation. They are beneficial both to the counselor and to the client in that their understanding helps in promoting forgiveness. Through forgiveness, broken relationships can be amended. The purpose was first to view how the participants interviewed viewed forgiveness. The researchers also wanted to observe if the existent of a relationship between forgiveness perception and actual forgiveness.

Critique of results and discussion

The results of the first part of the study showed ...

Presented herein is an analysis of 2 Peer Reviewed Research Articles based on how researchers understand organizational leadership and worker traits and their ethical relevance to Information Technology. It gives the summary, the analysis, and the synthesis of the articles.

Article 1

Summary
This research article is based on the effective project team leadership theory as viewed from the angle of leader traits, skills, roles, and behaviors. The research examines leadership principles from the actual work settings of organizations, specifically the dynamic projects, with an aim of discovering the actual happenings as compared to the espoused theory. The research question ...