Bret's+Reflection+3

=//__Bret's Reflection 3 - Due Feb. 12, 2010 __//=

Bret's home page  1. How are things going with your Senior Project? 
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Making Great Progress
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Stuck and need help
 * < Things are going good with my project so far. I have completed all of the paperwork for the project. I have to order all the parts of for the bike so me i can complete the physical aspect of the project with Joe Engleman's help out at the Honda Shop. ||

2. How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?


 * If i had to redo anything in the past month I would change when i ordered the parts so then i would have more time to complete the project and have some time to redo something if i messed up when i assembled it the first time. ||

3. What kinds of decisions have you found yourself making recently? Have they been good decisions? What are you learning about how you make decisions and what kind of effect these decisions have on your learning?


 * I have been making some bad decisions by not ordering the parts as soon as I could have. Besides these decisions i have been making pretty good decisions. ||

4. What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc?


 * I have learned that my learning style is that of hand on, i tend to get things done faster, better and on time when i am actually working hands on with the project instead of working on a computer or through books to learn that same thing. ||

5. What did you learn about your topic/subjects that you didn’t know before? What connections among the various things you have studied and researched do you see? Have you had any “aha” moments? What were they and how did they affect you?


 * Type your response in this box ||

6. How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project?


 * So far i haven't been in a situation that i have needed to have my mentor or my advisor suggest anything of any great importance. But Joe did tell me to get a service manual for my bike so then the assembly would be more precise and i would have a visual and text resource to help me complete the project as well. I took his advice and i will order a service manual as well as a cam chain in my next grant application that i complete. ||