ePortfolio Information
Sample Reflection Prompts
(copied and adapted from SLCC's Reflection Handout)
Summative Reflection
In what ways have you improved as a writer/artist/scientist/etc.? What brought about those improvements? Point to specific experiences, readings, assignments, or discussions in your classes.
What did you learn by creating the signature assignment? Be specific.
What was your biggest accomplishment in the class? How did the signature assignment and other class elements help you reach it? Be specific.
What skills did you master in this class? How are they reflected in the signature assignment and other class work? Be specific.
Process Reflection
What problems did you encounter in completing the signature assignment? How did you troubleshoot them, if you did?
Talk about the aims and strategies that led to the completion of your assignment. How did your thinking about it evolve over time (point to specific experiences while working on the assignment)? How did the assignment evolve (or not evolve) with your thinking (again, point to specific experiences) about it? What went according to plan and what surprises did you encounter? What still needs work?
What risks did you take in the assignment/class? Be specific.
Outline the steps you took to complete the signature assignment, and tell me about your thinking at each step.
Write about your learning process throughout the class and what it felt like at different stages until you mastered certain skills. Discuss skills you are still developing.
Evaluative Reflection
What are the strengths and weaknesses of your signature assignment? Explain while making specific references to your work.
Discuss your best work for the class and explain why it’s your best. Be specific.
Discuss each piece of work for the class and touch on the strengths of each. Be specific.
Reflection on Learning
Make connections between what you studied in this class with what you’ve learned in other classes or before. Make specific references to your work in this class and in the other classes. How did what you learn in the other classes enhance what you learned in here, and vice versa?
What does your work on the signature assignment illustrate about you as a learner? Be specific.
Take a look at the literacies on the ePortfolio. Note that while no specific class helps students move toward learning all of those literacies, each class is supposed to help you make progress in learning as many of those literacies as are relevant to the class. Making specific references to your work in this class, explain how you have progressed toward learning at least three of those literacies.
Reflect on how you thought about (class topic) before you took the class and how you think about it now that the class is over. Have any of your assumptions or understandings changed? Why? What assignments/activities/readings were influential in this process? How will you approach (class topic) differently in the future?
What aspect of an assignment made you want to learn more about ________? Why?
Reflect on what you have learned about _______.
Outline a chronology of significant events and “Aha” moments during the semester. Why do these events and “Aha” moments stand out? How did they help you develop as a student inside and outside of the class? Interpretive Reflection
Paint a textual landscape of your learning throughout the semester. What learning and skills would you use as “landmarks” within this landscape? Why?
Write a very short personal narrative (story) about the time you spent creating an assignment for the class. Include musing, scene setting, and dialogue. Include both your perspective as you created the assignment and your perspective once the assignment was submitted. (Note: Reflections do not always have to be written.) (Note also: Giving students a choice of several possible reflection prompts is a good idea.)