Planning and organizing is probably one of my biggest strengths, and frankly, it is something that I throughly enjoy. I am very type-A and having things organized provides a clear path for my brain to function. For the literature review paper, I had a very meticulous process (I was an Englis/Education major in undergrad so basically I received a degree in planning haha). I started by sorting the articles from most relevant to least relevant, numbering them, reading and highlighting important parts, and then creating a document with key points of each one in numerical order. After that, I revised this summary and looked for common themes in each article. I then created an outline for my lit review and referenced article numbers for citations. I plan to be as meticulous for my research proposal. I am going to start by reviewing the rubric (called backwards planning in the education realm) and create a skeleton of an outline to make sure I hit all the marks that are required. After that, I will review class PowerPoints to fresh my memory of the topics I will be including in my paper. Next, I will be reading the methods section of a few articles I found during last week’s class activity, in order to decide which scale I will be using and to have a baseline for my own paper. Lastly, I will complete the rest of the outline, plugging in citations as needed. The final step is to write my paper, but it will basically be written at this point!
Karina's Search for Research 