what is a personal growth paper?

Answer 1

How has your teacher explained it to you?

Here's an explanation of this type of paper in general:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~goodwin/spcom322/personalgrowth.pdf

Here's what a personal growth paper should include for a psychology class:
http://blog.dearbornschools.org/delgiudice/files/2012/01/Personal-Growth-Paper-Extra-Credit.pdf