Guided reflection

=reflecting on your learning and achievements=

• To move forward you need to ‘think about' or 'reflect on ' what you have done so that the next time you have to do a similar task, you will be able to do it better. After you have completed an assignment, a piece of coursework or an activity, try to reflect on what you have done and how you have performed. Use this checklist to help you reflect.

• Quality of outcome
  • Are you proud of what you have done or produced?
  • How could it be improved?
  • What grade or level has it been assessed at? Is it better than your star potential?
  • What could/ should you have done to make it better?
• Planning the activity
  • Did you plan the activity?
  • Did you stick to your plan?
  • Did anything happen that made you change your Plan?
  • Did your plan include completion dates/deadlines?
  • Did you meet or beat your completion dates/deadlines?
  • Did you use
  •  A MindMap?
  •  A time line?
  •  A Gantt Chart?
  •  An Action Plan?
  • Next time you start a project/activity how will you plan it?
  • Did anyone help you to put your Plan together?
  • Did you ask anyone to review your plan as you worked through the Project?
  • Did you produce any design sketches or notes? Did they help you?
• Resources
  • Did you Identify resources, tools, equipment that you needed?
  • Did you Identify people who could help you?
  • Did you make good use of tools and resources including ICT?
  • Did you use tools and resources safely and efficiently?
• Working with others
  • Did you ask other people for help or support?
  • Did you work with other people to solve the problem/complete the task?
  • Did anyone ask for your help?
  • Did the group work well together?
• Problem solving
  • Did you solve the problem that you were given?
  • How successful was your solution?
  • How did you know that your solution was successful
  • How would you tackle a similar problem in the future?
  • What role did you take in the team/group? Did you lead?
  • How did you feel about working with other people?
  • Did you have to convince other people that your ideas were ‘right’?
  • Were you able to listen to other members of the group?
  • Did other people convince you that their idea was ’ right’?
• Research
  • Did you have to find information?
  • Did you find what you wanted?
  • Did you find it efficiently?
  • Did you have to use a questionnaire to collect the information that you needed?
  • Did you have to set up an experiment
• Learning
  • Do you learn best by:
  • Listening
  • Watching
  • Practical tasks
• Action Plan
  • What do you need to do to:
  • Improve the quality of the product or outcome
  • Make sure that you meet or beat your star potential
  • Work more effectively within a team
  • Solve problems more efficiently

• Make sure that you describe what it was that you did and add your reflections to your ePortfolio.