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What strategies have you and your group used to ensure that all members are actively contributing to group assignments? Explain how you communicate, divide responsibilities, and hold each other accountable throughout the process.

Prompt Response: To ensure that we are effective in our assignments our group has ensured that everyone communicates well with each other and explains what is needed and what they are doing. We also help each other a lot in finding source citations because some of us do not have access to all of them. Summary: Today we completed our sourcing and then made our essay prompt. Reflection: I learned how to write a good essay prompt.
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What challenges did your group face while selecting and analyzing sources, and how did you overcome them? Be specific about how your group communicated and worked through disagreements.

Prompt Response: While selecting and analyzing our sources my group had trouble which sources to use on our final folder. Fortunately we guaged the value of the sources very well and were able to make up our minds on what to use. Summary: Today we finished getting our quotes for our sources. Reflection: I learned more specific details on my sources.
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Reflect on your research topic and identify the most compelling issue connected to it. Clearly explain what the issue is and discuss why you find it particularly interesting or important. Support your response with specific details from your research.

Prompt Response: My research topic is about population decline and its effects. I think this is a very interesting topic because it covers something very vast in importance. The effects of population decline are great and could greatly effect the world we live in. Summary: Today we compiled our groups sources and chose seven that we deemed to be the most useful. Reflection: I learned what my other group members chose for their sources.
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How has completing the annotated bibliography changed or clarified your understanding of your research topic? Discuss how your sources connect to one another and how they are shaping your argument moving forward.

Prompt response: Completing my annotated bibliography has allowed me to see the significance of each one of my sources and help me build a mental outline of how I will use them in our project. Summary: Today we finished up our annotated bibliography. Reflection: I learned a lot about my sources and what each one of them talks about.
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Which part of the annotated bibliography (summary, reflection, or evaluation) was the most challenging for you, and why? Explain how that challenge helped you grow as a researcher and how it will help you when writing your research paper.

Prompt Response: I think it was most difficult to do the evaluation part of the annotated bibliography because it is hard to tell whether something is reputable or not. Summary: Today we started working on our annotated bibliography. Reflection: I learned how to write a good annotated bibliography.
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As you gathered sources, you were expected to find multiple perspectives on your topic. What differences did you notice between your sources? Explain how these differences helped you better understand the complexity of your issue.

Prompt Response: The main difference I found between my sources was some sources saying population decline was a positive thing and some saying that it was negative. Summary: Today we spent more time trying to find sources for our project. Reflection: I learned about some books relating to population decline and its effects.
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Think about your experience using GALILEO to find sources. How was this different from how you have searched for information in the past? Explain how using specific search strategies and evaluating sources impacted the quality of what you found.

Prompt Response: I think that it is harder to find relevant information on Galileo but when you do find it, it is high quality and useful. Galileo also offers much more filters that can allow you to pinpoint what kind of source you want, google and other search engines do not have anything like that. Summary: Today we worked on finding sources in Galileo. Reflection: I learned about population decline and its affect on the economy of a country.
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