Research Paper Self Evaluation
1. Explain three interest ideas or facts you learned about your research topic.
In my research paper I learned many things, but one of the most notable facts was that honey bees do not die in winter or go into hibernation, they get into a tight ball together and shiver. Another topic I learned was that honey is an extremely efficient cough suppressant—even better than some over the counter medicines. Finally, my favorite thing I gathered from this topic is that honey bees are a tightly run matriarchy. The males, called drones, are just there to mate with the queen. They later are kicked out of the hive by the female honey bees.
2. If you were to write your paper over, what would you change and why?
If I were to write my paper over again, I would just focus on the interesting social behaviors of honey bees as my sole topic. In the beginning of my research, I feared I would not have enough information to get 8-10 pages, so I did multiple topics related to the honey bee. I found out later that there is a multitude of special behaviors exhibited by honey bees, and I would have had more than enough to make an 8-10-page paper solely on the topic of honey bee behaviors.
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Who or what helped you the most when you were writing your paper? How?
My mother helped me the most while writing my research paper. I am not the most polished writer, especially with my first drafts, so my mother would go over each page with me a couple. She would tell me things that needed to change, or she would suggest I rewrite it to organize it better. I probably had four drafts of my research paper, and my mother helped me go over each
1. Explain three interest ideas or facts you learned about your research topic.
In my research paper I learned many things, but one of the most notable facts was that honey bees do not die in winter or go into hibernation, they get into a tight ball together and shiver. Another topic I learned was that honey is an extremely efficient cough suppressant—even better than some over the counter medicines. Finally, my favorite thing I gathered from this topic is that honey bees are a tightly run matriarchy. The males, called drones, are just there to mate with the queen. They later are kicked out of the hive by the female honey bees.
2. If you were to write your paper over, what would you change and why?
If I were to write my paper over again, I would just focus on the interesting social behaviors of honey bees as my sole topic. In the beginning of my research, I feared I would not have enough information to get 8-10 pages, so I did multiple topics related to the honey bee. I found out later that there is a multitude of special behaviors exhibited by honey bees, and I would have had more than enough to make an 8-10-page paper solely on the topic of honey bee behaviors.
3. …show more content…
Who or what helped you the most when you were writing your paper? How?
My mother helped me the most while writing my research paper. I am not the most polished writer, especially with my first drafts, so my mother would go over each page with me a couple. She would tell me things that needed to change, or she would suggest I rewrite it to organize it better. I probably had four drafts of my research paper, and my mother helped me go over each