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Self-Assessment Reflection Essay

Reflect on your Fire Project experience by writing a reflection on AT LEAST FIVE of the questions listed below.  The reflection should be a minimum of 250 words and no more than 500 words.  

  1. How and why did you choose your topic?
  2. What were the total hours spent working on your project?  Discuss your experiences as you worked on it.
  3. What were some of your experiences when conducting research and writing the paper?
  4. What did you do to manage your time?  How did you balance, work, school, sports, etc...?
  5. What did you learn about working with other people, especially your partner(s)?
  6. Were your original goals for your project carried out by the time you finished?  How were they different?
  7. What was the "stretch" for you?  How did you challenge yourself through the project you picked?  Was there a risk?  How did you face any fears and overcome obstacles? 
  8. What would you like audience to know about your project that might help them understand more about what you have accomplished?
  9. What grade would you give yourself for what you have accomplished through your Fire Project? Explain this grade
  10. What skills do you feel you have mastered? Which do you need to still work on? 
  11. Thinking about the whole process and your finished product, what are you most proud of? 
  12. What was a difficulty you encountered and how did you solve the problem? 
  13. What is one thing about your approach to your project that you wish you could change? Why? 
  14. What is one thing about your finished project you wish you could change? Why? 
  15. How accurately did you answer your central question? Did your central question change at all during the course of your project? Why? 
  16. What source from your research helped you the most? (or least?). 
  17. What advice would you give to a student who will be completing their Capstone Project next year? 
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