Resilience as a Core Characteristic of Online-Based College Students: A Reflective Analysis
Overview
This paper reflects on a previous essay about resilience in online college students, analyzing the persuasive argument that resilience helps students overcome challenges and achieve educational goals remotely. It examines the reflective conclusion style employed, discussing how effective conclusions summarize key points and reinforce the essay's persuasive purpose without introducing new information.
What this reflection paper covers
- Overview of previous paper's argument on resilience and online student challenges
- Justification and explanation of reflective conclusion style and its effectiveness
- Guidelines for reflective conclusions: summarizing themes, avoiding new information, and influencing reader acceptance
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Reflective Conclusion Style
The previous paper focused on resilience as core characteristics of online-based college students. The paper aimed to persuade the audience of the importance of resilience based on the different challenges that such students may encounter, leading to some learners dropping or missing online classes. The paper aimed to show that resilience, the ability to sustain or recover promptly from difficult circumstances, can help students overcome challenges and reach their educational goals remotely.
A reflective conclusion style was chosen for the essay because of the essay's inclination to persuasion. Reflective conclusions focus on bringing the essay pieces together by providing a summary of the points made throughout the essay and the key takeaways vital for the essay. Often, reflective conclusions are paragraphs that seek to convince the audience of the accuracy and binding nature of essay content. They may contain summaries of insights, themes, or lessons that emerged from the piece.
Therefore, the type of conclusion must complement the ideas presented throughout the essay. For instance, the last sentence in the previous essay pointed out that students who lack resilience can quickly drop online classes even for flimsy reasons. The statement complements the essay, which intended to persuade the audience after noting that online students are prone to more challenges than on-sight students. However, the kind of conclusion should not introduce new information that was not covered throughout the essay.