Wptg 101 Reflection

I selected WRTG 101 because it was a required class towards my undergraduate degree. This is a class that I should have taken earlier in my pursuit of my degree; it would have been extremely beneficial to me with my writing assignments for other classes. Being a student of WRTG 101 employs me to use my critical thinking skills in conjunction to my writing skills. Prior to taking this class, I thought that my writing skills were above average; however this class has provided instruction and feedback that I needed improvement in several areas. Each Monday, I would log into UMUC.com to read the Course Content/Alerts to see what the status of my progress. An example is: the number of unread discussion posts, one assignment with
Unfortunately, these are going to be areas that I still struggle in and as soon as the fall semester is over, I am going to do more self-study. Another area of study that was extremely beneficial to me was the use of active voices vs. the passive voice. I discovered that I wrote in the passive voice often. My writing tends to be quite wordy; I had come to this realization before taking WRTG 101, however I did not attribute it to my writing in the passive
If I found a subject to be very challenging for me, I could watch and listen to the video while making notes. If necessary, I would listen to the audio while I was preparing a meal, loading the dishwasher or anything else that required my moving away from my laptop. It is effective as listening to audio books and although I am a visual person, this proved to be very effective. There is research or discussion about the use of tutorials and if this form of learning is effective. “According to several pieces of research, tutorials actually are helpful in teaching.” (Roys,