A & P 12 Core Competency Edublog

COMMUNICATION:

During the diffusion lab, communication with lab partners and group members is important. I communicated with my partner when doing the procedures, as team work is an essential for our lab to be done on time. There was a miscommunication on part of the lab as the dialysis tubing ended up in the trash at one point. Nevertheless, we decided to make a new one and at this point we fully listened and responded accordingly, we communicated properly and so we could finish the lab on time. During the predicting of hypothesis, communication is needed with my partner and my two other group members. My partner and I did the part A of the lab and so doing the hypothesis for part A wasn’t too hard, however, my two other group members did part B’s portion. Because I didn’t do the part B portion and they didn’t do the part A portion, communication is necessary. All the group members have to communicate and listened properly in order to predict the hypothesis. Next time when doing another lab, I would like to improve on my active listening skills.

CRITICAL/REFLECTIVE THINKING

There was much critical and reflective thinking done during this lab. Considering there was no exact answer for the questions on the lab, to answer the questions I had to reflect deeply and connect the data results with the notes. I had to do some research too on diffusion. To account for any errors, reflective thinking is crucial. For the conclusion, I had to reanalyze the evidence, research on factors effecting diffusion, and look back on the notes to be able to make decisions and draw conclusions. Accounting for any errors done on the lab made me realize many things. Next time, I would like to improve on asking more questions and being more curious.

Connecting Media and Psychological Disorder Reflection

I developed my communication skills throughout the presentation of the Connecting Media with psychological disorders by learning about different perspectives shown in the presentations I’ve watched. Additionally learning new things, interacting with people has allowed myself to get suggestions for improving the outcome. The audience members would then record two positive elements from the presentation and one suggestion for how the presenter may improve.

Research Assignment Reflection

I have demonstrated “I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way” in the communicating section for this research assignment. Regarding this research assignment, we were tasked to create a hypothesis, and later proof if our prediction was correct or incorrect. Through this assignment, I was able to learn the process of research and new terms such as the variables in a research and how to do an appendix that includes a cross correlation table. I was able to demonstrate that communicating core competencies as I was able to understand and share informations with all my group members. I was able to contribute my ideas and give suggestions to things I slightly disagree on. My group members and I was able to communicate clearly and solve any misunderstandings. Through this research assignment, I have improved a lot of things which includes my communication skills and demonstrating one and more of the core competencies.