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Sample Reflection Questions

These reflection questions are categorized loosely according to the particular aspect of reflection we ask you to focus on. Although we think of reflection in the broad sense as looking backward, inward, outward, and forward, that does not mean that you have to respond to a question from each of these categories every time you reflect.

General Questions About Selecting a Piece

1 Have you done anything you want me/ a classmate/ a visitor to see? Why do you want me/her/ him to see it?

Yes, I made my prezi and powerpoint which I wanted to show the visitors to see.

2 What would you like to share with me/ a classmate/ a visitor? Why?

As I mentioned before, I wanted (and did) to show my prezi and powerpoint about nuclear energy, and as I did I was really proud of it.

3 What piece would you like to spend some time thinking about? Why?

Maybe the “Nuclear Energy: For Kids” because I feel like the quiz was a bit too hard for the little kids.

Backward – looking Reflection Questions:

4 How much did you know about the subject before we started?

I knew nothing about it, and I knew very little about atoms and things like that.

5 What process did you go through to produce this piece?

I went through hard work, a lot of effort and co-operation in order to make this project.

6 Have you done a similar kind of work in the past (earlier in the year or in a previous grade; in school or out of school)?

No, I’ve never been a part of a exhibition like this, and it has been a great experience for me.

7 In what ways have you gotten better at this kind of work?

Since I went through this procedure, I have learnt from my mistakes and I can now use this knowledge to make the next exhibition even better than this one.

8 In what ways do you think you need to improve?

I think that I did mostly great with the exhibition however, I think I should work on always be in school in a project.

9 What problems did you encounter while you were working on this piece?

At the start, we had some problems with choosing our topic, since one of our members wanted solar energy.

10 How did you solve them?

We solved it by having a fair discussion about it and pointing all the good sides and bad sides about choosing the topic, but at the end the majority rules applied and nuclear energy got chosen.

11 What resources did you use while working on this piece? Which ones were especially helpful? Which ones would you use again?

The internet was very useful, as we got most of our information from there, and I would certainly use it again. Books are also quite good, but it is harder to find very specified information in them.

12 Does this work tell a story?

Inward-looking Reflection Questions:

13 How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why?

I like this project and its works because they were done properly; everyone contributed and had a lot of effort in it. The final product was also very good.

14 What did/ do you enjoy about this piece or work?

I enjoy this project because it explains nuclear energy in a good, but yet detailed and yet very well done.

15 What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished product?

It was very satisfying that everyone in our group contributed and made it possible, and that it went so smooth with no big problems in it.

16 What did/ do you find frustrating about it?

I did not find anything frustrating about it except that Petar did not start his part of the written component very fast.

17 What were your expectations for this piece of work?

I was expecting it to be a high quality piece of work, but I didn’t expect it would be this great.

18 Did you meet your expectation?

Yes, I did meet my expectation.

19 What were your goals for meeting this piece of work? Did your goals change as you worked on it? Did you meet your goals?

My goals were to make a long enough written component, have a few creative parts and a good debate, and I achieved all of those goals.

20 What does this piece reveal about you as a learner?

It reveals that I can put a lot of effort into a piece, and that I can learn from it as a learner.

21 What did you learn about yourself as you worked on this piece?

I learnt that my organization and co-operation skills were better than I thought, and that I can handle a big project like this.

22 Have you changed any ideas you used to have on this subject?

Yes, I’ve changed my opinion a little on nuclear fission, as I see that it is more dangerous than I first knew, but I still think we should use it.

23 Find another piece of work that you did at the beginning of the year to compare and contrast with this. What changes can you see?

I can see a difference in grammatic and spelling, but I can also see that Ive matured in writing and that I have become a better writer.

24 How did those changes come about?

By time, I have learnt more and used it in the newer pieces Ive written, and therefore it has become better.

25 What does that tell you about yourself and how you learn?

That tells that I can use what I learned to use it in newer pieces, and that I actually do it.

Outward-looking Reflection Questions:

26 If you were the teacher, what comments would you make about this piece?

I would say that the piece of work is well done, and that I've done a good job, and that we have made a good presentation.

27 What grade would you give it? Why?

I would at least give it meets expectations, but I think it can get a EE.

28 What is the one thing you particularly want people to notice when they look at your work?

I would like them to notice that we have made different things that all come together to make a good presentation.

29 What do your classmates particularly notice about your piece when they look at it?

Probably that it is about Nuclear Energy.

30 In what ways did your work meet the expectations for this assignment?

It was well written, presented well and put a good deal of effort in it.

31 In what ways did it not meet those expectations?

I think that it did meet the expectations, and therfore this is N/A.

32 If someone else were looking at the piece, what might they learn about you?

They might learn how I write, how I make opinions and how I write.

33 What work would you save to remind you or someone else of what you are like now?

I would save my written component, because it was the best part.

Forward-looking Reflection Questions:

34 One thing I would like to improve upon is making my group not wander around very much.

35 What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again? What will you change in the next revision of this piece?

I would change that instead of only making slide shows we could use another way to show how nuclear energy works, for example a model.

36 What’s the one thing that you have seen in your classmates' work or process that you would like to try in your next piece?

To make very creative and humoristic pictures.

37 As you look at this piece, what’s one thing that you would like to try to improve upon?

Perhaps adding a conclusion to our written component, instead of only having a introduction.

38 What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next time?

I would like to set that we had more different creative part in stead of like 2 general nuclear energy powerpoints.

39 What would you like to spend more time on in school?

Rehearsing our debate and make it better.

40 What might you want next year's teacher to know about you (what things you’re good at, what things you might want more help with)?

I want them to know that I can be responsible, put in effort and be organized during these projects.

41 What work would you show her/him to help her understand those things? The written component and the oral component.