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Sofie Olsson
Ac Writing
De Piero, Zack
March 4, 2015

Metacognitive Reflection Paper: Awareness and Understanding of One's Own

Thought Processes.

I sit and look back at my notes and annotations from last week to get a better
idea of how I should write this metacognitive reflection paper. It is suppose to be a
simple three-page paper reflection on my own learning and decisions making. As
professor De Piero pointed out in class, a good reflection paper is a deep reflection of
what you have learnt, and how you imply it your writing. So here it begins.
So what have I learned best during my first quarter at AUSB? Including how I
learn best, how others learn best, and implications for my future learning and education.
Early in the quarter, I wondered what other knowledge another academic writing class
could provide me. I accomplished to grasp that I am already using many of the concepts
we have learnt in class, but to tell the truth I have not understood the in-depth meaning
of the various concepts until recently. For me personally, it takes two or three times of
repetition before the words and their definitions really stick. On the other hand, now I
have a better and much wider understanding why I use concepts as for an example:
rhetorical definitions such as kairos, ethos, pathos and logos, also, stance, and genre.
Notably, now I emphasize on knowing the different meanings of that word, indeed
making sure I have a solid answer before moving onto the case or point. This Academic

writing class has also given me as many others in the class to take certain stances--the
attitude of a person toward something. Ive come to realization that this class was
hugely valuable in particular to sit back and breakdown literature, get input, and then
maybe change ones stance in the draft.
Furthermore, I learn by doing. In other words, I tend to favorite a combination of
reading, and class discussion with a professor who shows trait of good Socratic
facilitator--Instructor's ability to pose well thought out, open-ended questions. By way of
example, one day the Instructor gave us tasks in which we compose text about what
was discussed and read that day. Further, the instructor brought us back together to
discuss as a class. As aforementioned, I learn by doing: I hear it, see it, and I can use it.
Especially talking about genre. I had a slight knowledge of what it entailed because of
the music world, however the literature was different. Speaking about the conventions of
the genre--a typical or standard expression of character, setting, theme, or effect in a
genre. I had never really understood how the knowledge of the use of a certain genre
could help me adapt my writing for certain audience, but also get my audiences aware.
In like manner, the knowledge of the base of the conventions. Because of our class
readings, and class discussions I can now think a step further and look at how a certain
subject adapts its writing to its type of genre, also how I adapt myself to whom I write
and what subject: the literally reflect on how an experience has impacted me. Let's say,
I'm writing another reflection paper concerning a chapter in conflict management.
Conflict Management may have conventions like specific words that agreement,
consultation, third-party intervention, sustainability, harmonization, and reconcile that
convey the message to grow together instead of being torn apart. On the subject of

genre, knowledge of the word in the literature world has shed light to look close, steady
on ideas and terms, and to classify types of writing. This shed of light has enabled me to
realize that the more senses I use, the better understanding I obtain and excel. Indeed,
this topic has enabled me to make connections with new concepts. Also, enhancing my
awareness and understanding of my own thought processes. Thus, I believe it is similar
to how many other pupils learn too.
So how can this carry over into my future career goals and applied to my working
philosophy? One can apply this to real life by looking at an interaction on the street like
a writer. An example would be kairos, a historical rhetorical definition, how to effectively
put words in a certain orders. Like in everyday life, you meet a friend on the street you
begin to greet, ask how the peer of your feels through ethos, credibility proving that you
are a friend who cares, while you use the pathos of compassion if the friend yours (lets
say) not feels healthy. You hesitate, waiting for the right timeuse of kairosand wait
to tell something funny and wonderfully depending of the situation. By the same token, I
look back at the interview, how I went from question one to a supplementary question,
then the answer to that made me may wait and realize question number five instead of
number three was better suited the resulting query. With this knowledge, I will hopefully
do well on a job interview and take home job I really dreamed of. I really love to learn
new concepts that can help me in the adult world. I think my desire to want to learn, and
to ask follow-up questions built upon this academic writing class empowering, and
enlightening context, will impact me positively in my future.