You began your research project by reading an article from the news about Texting while Driving. Your goal in this essay is to explain to your professor how the research and writing you have done for your research project changed your understanding of that issue or event. You will explain what changes occurred in your understanding and how those changes occurred.

Here are some questions you can consider in developing ideas for your essay:

· What changes occurred in your understanding? 

o Do you know more about the issue/event now than you did before? (Probably!)

o Do you look at the issue/event from a different perspective following your research?

o Have you reconsidered opinions or assumptions that you held at the beginning of the semester?

· How did those changes occur? 

o Which sources from your research had the greatest effect on your understanding?

o Did the process of writing about your topic affect the way you thought about it?

o What role did interaction with your classmates and/or professor play in your understanding of your topic?

Incorporate these elements of APA style:

· Use one-inch margins, Double space.

· Use an easy-to-read font between 10-point and 12-point.

· Note:  Paper should be 4 pages in length with at least five recent sources 

· NO PLAGIARISM!!!! Paper run through TURNITIN app.