Exploratory Research Paper Reflections

What I liked about the project:

• I liked that we were asked to add a personal voice to our findings and share our reaction to the information we gathered. I am not used to that writing style so it definitely was a new learning experience for me. 
• I liked the freedom of the project and how we were able to research whatever topic we researched. From the first description of assignment I knew my research was going to be be done on a modern military aircraft, which immediately got me pumped and anxious to begin conducting research.
• I also really enjoyed the personal one-on-one meeting with Dr. Kyburz. That meeting helped me determine between two research topics and Dr. Kyburz pointed me in the direction that ended up being a better learning experience for me. Up until I wrote that paper, i knew nothing about the Russian Sukhoi T-50. 

What I didn't like about the project:

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• I liked everything about this project! =)

What I learned from this project:

• I learned a lot about how exploratory research differs from a regular research paper. 
• I learned a lot about a brand new aircraft that I knew nothing about other than its name. 
• I learned how to properly cite web sources in in-text citations in MLA format. 
• I learned that exploratory research is much more fun than informative research.