Reflective Essay on Research Skills for Business

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Assignments should be presented appropriately in line with the restrictions stated above; if an assignment exceeds the time/word count this will be taken in account in the marks given using the assessment criteria shown.

AE2 requires the students to undertake a self-evaluation of their research skills, reflecting on their improvement over the year and identifying areas where more effort is required in order to become more effective.

Your task is to write a reflection of your general progress in research for business over the year. Your reflection must include the following:

A title page An introduction, where you will identify the reflective model you will employ Main contents, where you will detail how your skills developed over the year where you will reflect on your improvement and identify areas for improvement.

This assessment will enable students to demonstrate in full or in part the learning outcomes identified in the unit descriptors.

Students are reminded that:

i. If this assessment is submitted late i.e. within 5 working days of the submission deadline, the mark will be capped at 40% if a pass mark is achieved;

ii. If this assessment is submitted later than 5 working days after the submission deadline, the work will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero;

iii. If this assessment is being submitted as a referred piece of work (second or third attempt) then it must be submitted by the deadline date; any Refer assessment submitted late will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero.

Reflection is highly articulate and demonstrates critical thinking, selfawareness, honesty and a willingness to revise ideas through the learning process. Outstanding ability to apply learning from other areas of the unit to your reflection in the assignment.

Reflection is articulate and demonstrates critical thinking, selfawareness, honesty and a willingness to revise ideas through the learning process. Good ability to apply learning from other areas of the unit to your reflection in the assignment.

Reflection is articulate andndemonstrates critical thinking, selfawareness, honesty and a willingness to revise ideas through the learning process. Ability to apply learning from other areas of the unit to your reflection in the assignment.

Reflection is demonstrates some critical thinking, selfawareness, honesty and a willingness to revise ideas through the learning process. Generally a basic but adequate reflection. Some learning evident through the reflective process.

Some attempt at the reflective process. Little or no critical thinking. Some content missing. No deep learning evident through the reflective process.

Little or no attempt at the reflective process or demonstration of critical thinking.

Little or no evidence of learning through the reflective process. Conclusions Highly pertinent and well discussed conclusions are made, drawing from your reflection and learning from the topics you have discussed. Insightful and highly relevant.

Pertinent and well discussed conclusions are made, drawing from your reflection and learning from the topics you have discussed. Insightful and highly relevant.

Pertinent and well discussed conclusions are made, drawing from your reflection and learning from the topics you have discussed. Insightful and relevant.

Some conclusions are made and discussed, but lack depth and some relevance to your reflective learning from the topics you have focused on.

Attempts are  made to make conclusions, but they are not clearly drawn from the reflection. Of little relevance.

Little or no attempt at drawing conclusions from the data. Those presented are not relevant to reflection discussion