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Reflection Survey:

Electronic WRiting Assessment Portfolio (E-WRAP)

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Responses to these reflection questions are a requirement of the E-WRAP. Your reflections can provide valuable evidence of your development and self-awareness as a college-level writer that might not be demonstrated in your portfolio papers. Please provide complete and thoughtful responses to each reflection question, as careful responses can potentially raise your assessment score. You can use as much space on the document as needed.

Select ONE paper from your portfolio and use evidence from that paper to answer the questions below. Please be as specific as possible in your responses.

a. What was the question or problem that you were asked to respond to with this paper? (If you have the assignment information, feel free to copy the prompt question here. Otherwise, please paraphrase the assignment’s main question to the best of your ability.) [minimum of 75 words]

b. Summarize the position—such as an argument, thesis, response, proposal, or main idea—that you present in this paper. (Tip: Don’t summarize what your sources or readings say; instead, tell us what stance you took, as the author of this paper.) [minimum of 75 words]

c. Explain what evidence you used to support that position, and why that evidence was appropriate and sufficient to supporting your point. Please provide at least one specific example from your paper to illustrate how you used evidence to support your position. (In other words, you should feel free to quote yourself, and then explain what the quoted passage demonstrates about your ability to select and use evidence.) [minimum of 75 words]

Please review the Writing Proficiency Criteria, which describes five capabilities for academic writing. During your time as a college student (at UMass Boston and at any other colleges or universities you may have attended), in which of the five areas do you feel you have grown or improved the most? What learning experiences (specific course assignments; specific feedback from an instructor, tutor, or peer; etc.) do you think contributed to your improvement? [minimum of 200 words]