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Introduction

This page provides resources for consideration when requiring reflections.

Reflections should allow a space for students to critically reflect on their learning
Reflections are subjective and should be graded on what you can easily observe
- Is it on topic
- Is the writing clear and cohesive
- Does it have good writing mechanics
- Is it of the required length
- etc.
Reflection prompts help guide students in their reflections
- What is the most valuable thing you learned?
- How did you learn it?
- How will you apply it going forward?
- If you could begin again, what would you do differently?

Creating an Ongoing Lab or Journal

In a course where students are keeping a lab notebook or learning journal requiring weekly entries, you can set up an ongoing discussion (due at the end of the semester) with discussion groups of 1 student per group. This way, the instructor can comment on weekly entries and ask/answer questions to guide student learning, and the student can track their own progress without getting bogged down in their peers' entries.

The accountability piece comes with a weekly quiz in which students indicate whether they completed their entry.