Throughout this semester I have been able to practice my writing skills through doing research papers. As I wrote my annotated bibliography and my SFD I improved my use of APA format. I have never used APA format before coming to this class, so having the opportunity to write two papers with that format has helped me learn a lot. Another thing I improved on throughout the semester is staying topic of each of my paragraphs. In the beginning of this class I had trouble with rambling about a topic which made my writing hard to understand. One big struggle I had when writing the papers was doing citations. After lots of practice and many trips to the writing center, I have improved my ability to make a correct citation. In this class we have done readings about SLR. I have learned how to identity each type of writing based on the format and the information within the writing. I was able to incorporate SLR in my papers used the applied science field. My papers are both share the topic of nursing. which happens to fall into the applied fields. In my papers I followed the format of IMRaD in my papers. Understanding SLR throughout college will help me better understand certain research papers for my classes and also help me set up the format for my papers when writing for a certain field. Having the ability to identify SLR in writings will help me better understand the paper and the reasoning for the format of each writing in my future career. I have learned a lot in this class, and I feel far more confident in my writing compared to when the semester started. I plan on using the skills I have learned from and incorporating them into each of my writings moving forward.