SLO Reflection Two

In the beginning of this quarter I honestly could not tell you what truly critical thinking was when it came to research and papers. However, now I understand what it is.  When it comes to summing up research or articles, the way I do so is reading through each paragraph and finding the key point from it, after doing so I move on to my next set of research in the other articles.  By writing down the key text I am automatically given an easy comparison. Then, I am able to find whether they are similar or different, and relevant to what I am writing about; only moving forward from there, forming my argument.  

Now as for writing thesis, I have always been awful at that. I feel like over this quarter I learned that if I have an idea of what I want to prove and my argument I can start with that, then later move forward to my research, re-establish my argument, and then form my thesis.  It is a long process but I feel that I need to accomplish those tasks before actually coming up with a thesis that is adequate in sharing my main ideas in my essay.