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Tools for Student Reflection
Tools for Student Reflection
The Importance of Student Reflection - Do we really need to carve out precious time throughout the day for reflection? Yes!
When we provide students with opportunities to think about their own thinking, we empower them to take charge of their own learning. Reflection on their own progress increases their executive function and critical thinking skills. Prioritizing reflection as a part of your class structures will help create independent and self-directed learners.
The Efficacy Notebook is unique for each student, as individuals decide the contents of the pages based on personalized learning paths. Students link the connections or resources of content, pose questions about topics they are learning, insert graphics and charts that fit within that learning, and more.
See a sample student Digital Efficacy Notebook (Powerpoint)
Brainstorming Reflection Questions - When challenging students to reflect on their learning, consider asking a variety of questions. Think about an upcoming unit. Then, begin to brainstorm questions that you can pose to have students reflect throughout the unit. Consider questions that have students reflect on their process of learning, how they collaborated with others, how they felt during the various learning opportunities that day, and their performance on individual activities as well as overall.
Setting Goals and Creating an Action Plan
Setting Goals and Creating an Action Plan
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View this how-to sheet that can be used by students to self-assess using the analytic rubric, set goals, create an action plan, and reflect on progress.
Resources for Authentic Performances
Resources for Authentic Performances
Authentic Performances for Problem-Based Units: A Brainstorm - The goal is to have students work to create an authentic product that requires the use of concepts, skills, and standards. It is imperative that the end product directly connects to the problem and showcases what students have learned.
Additional Examples of Artifacts:
Critical Lens Response – A written or recorded analysis applying a particular literary or theoretical lens (feminist, historical, psychological, etc.) to a chosen work.
Multimedia Infographic or Digital Zine – A visual presentation of literary or rhetorical concepts. Can be a short, self-published booklet or digital mini-magazine centered on a theme, topic, or message. (ex: editorial, cover of a magazine, writing a foreword, author analysis, etc.)
Student-Hosted Podcast – A discussion or interview analyzing literature, media, or a social issue, showing synthesis of ideas and active listening skills.
Learning Narrative or “Writer’s Evolution Essay” – A reflective essay or video that traces a student’s journey as a writer or reader over the semester or year.
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