Student reflection

Marlena Hebern@mhebern

In the style of edcamp’s “Things That Suck” by Bill Selak

Facilitating Student Self Reflection

Thanks to

@mathkaveli for being par

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of such an inspirationa

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Twitter PLN!

Academic Goals

Culture GoalsEstablish a positive climate

Students feel like they are a part of the class

Students begin to build rapport with one another

Students learn to reflect on their work

Student learn to reflect on themselves as learners

Students consider new approaches to learning

How to Set Up the Activity: • Use the room space as physical likert scale. Mark one end of the classroom as a

1 and the other end a 3. • Periodically, you may need to verbally rename one end a yes and the other a no. • Display a purple slide • Students physically move to the side of the room to identify with their view on

the topic along the continuum. • Display the following purple slide • Discuss in pairs and choose students to give their reasons for their position. • Allow plenty of discussion and group sharing or partner sharing. • Move on to the next topic and repeat! • Introduce prior to the activity a group quiet signal, as this can be a lively

session!

And remember, use 1-2 of

these slides at a time.

This deck is a resource

and is not intended

to be used in

its entirety-in

one session.

Self Reflection Guidelines:

In this activity, we will be moving around the room

and discussing our thoughts and ideas with partners or the whole class.


To give everyone a chance to participate in the discussion….there are a few guidelines.


During whole group discussion, one person talks at a time.

Remember:

Display a YELLOW slide

Students move on the continuum

Then discuss a PURPLE slide

How much did you know about the

subject before the unit?

For discussion: How did this

pre-knowledge help or not help you?

How difficult were the problems you encountered during the unit or project?

For Discussion: How did you solve

them?

How much do you think you still need to work on

learning this skill or content?

For Discussion: What resources do

you still need?

How do you feel about your work?

For Discussion: What do you like/dislike? What would you change

given the chance? Or not change?

What did you enjoy most/least?

Was this project/ problem hard or easy for you?

For Discussion: What was most frustrating?

How confident are you with this topic?

For Discussion: What kind of evidence

can you show to prove or demonstrate

How does this evidence show mastery?

How well did you meet your objectives for this

project/ problem?

For Discussion: What goals did you meet or not meet for your project/problem? Why do you think?

How much did you learn about yourself through

the process?

For Discussion: What did you learn about yourself as a result of doing this

project or solving this problem?

How much will other people be impacted by

your project?

For Discussion: What would you like others to notice or

take away from your project or problem?

How much assistance did you receive from

other students?

For Discussion: How did it help or

not help? Why?

How much improvement could you make on your

final project?

For Discussion: How would you make it better?

Would you do anything differently next time?

For Discussion: What? How? Why?

FREEZE! Don’t move for this one-

just think… What 3 words describe your project/ solution?

Why?

Education

Student reflection