Reflective Essay On Learning Identity

Looking back through the commonplace book, it seems as though I can get a great sense of what type of learner I am and how it has influenced me throughout this semester. Through the different struggles and successes pinpointed in the unit reflections and at times in the daily writes, it is easier to have an idea of what my my learning process might have been like. One of the things that has popped up is that I am more of a kinesthetic learner and at times I can rely more on visual learning. Noticing things such as this makes the desire to look deeper into what really makes my learning identity so to speak.
Each unit reflection seems to hold a lot of insight on exactly what the process for each paper provided in the learning aspect. From looking at each one individually I can see what progress was made throughout the

year as well. In the beginning, it seems as though I had more struggles with time management. Being able to overcome this at an early point really proved to be huge because if not I believe I would be nowhere close to what I am now. At times it seems finding ways to complete some tasks proved to be difficult as well. By looking through the entries it seems as though being able to watch and perform tasks dealing with the certain papers helped give me a great idea of what to do when the time came to actually work on the paper. It also gave an idea for me to look back on when I may have gotten stuck on different parts. Having the opportunities to be hands-on really helped with my development over the semester.
Another thing that I may have noticed about myself by looking at the posts is that putting more effort and having interest in the topics that are being discussed go a long way into how they might come out.

In the first couple of CRQs for instance, it may be evident that I did not really care about how they turned out I was doing them to meet the obligation, but it seems as time progressed I figured out that no matter the subject putting the most effort possible into whatever it is benefits all, and helps leave more of a lasting impression. Using emotions in the papers/entries seems to play out the same way as the interest did. Being able to include emotions and being more aware But being able to go through and really look into the articles in depth has been really helpful. Going more in depth makes me think that each article I read has more behind it and makes me want to look further into it. The daily writes on the other hand seemed to provide a better thought process, learning to go off of the questions an providing good answers helped develop as well. Being able to talk about the things that may have been on my mind really helped in some

processes.
Another thing that may have greatly helped me was being able to learn from my experiences from other papers. Playing off of mistakes and being able to learn from them really helped me get a basis of how to go about things and truly better my work. Being able to see where I went wrong in the past on a certain thing really helped me to not make the same mistake twice if the possibility arose. I think being able to see where I struggled with things such as time management, grammar errors, and overall commitment to the papers really helped me develop a strong core to work with and helped my growth over the semester.
The commonplace book indeed provided a great basis to see how not only I have been able to develop throughout through activities and also through experience. It is great to be able to see my different thoughts at times as well as what I have really accomplished over the smester. I believe that I have come a long way since the beginning of the year, and hopefully improvement will continue to happen in the future.