Reflecting With Depth and Complexity

Do you ask your students to look back at their work and reflect on their progress? If so, are you integrating the tools of depth and complexity into these reflections?

  • Ask students to examine the change over time in their scores.
  • Tell students to look for patterns in the type of questions missed.
  • Encourage them to notice if the simply misunderstood a rule.
  • Perhaps students need to notice a recent trend in their work.

Language Arts Example

Here’s a language arts reflection I use in my classroom that incorporates the thinking tools. ELA Reflection with Depth and Complexity

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