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REFLECTION QUESTIONS HOW TO

Was there one person who added more than his/her share to the group?.Would you like to work with this same group again?.If you had done this yourself, would the outcome have been better or worse?.

As the leader of the group, what were your greatest challenges?.How balanced do you feel the efforts of the group members were?.As the leader of the group, how did you show respect for the different opinions of the members of the group?.Do you feel that you accepted the final selections of the leader of the group with grace?.Was the group the right size for the task, or would it have been better larger/smaller?.Was this group easier or harder to work with than groups you’ve worked with in the past?.What was the hardest thing for you personally about working in this group?.How would you rate yourself, on a scale of 1 – 10, on how well you were willing to agree with group decisions? What could you do to move yourself up a number on that scale?.What is one change you could make in the way you listen to others that would improve your effectiveness in working in a group?.On a scale of 1 – 10, 10 being best, how well do you feel you demonstrated respect for the opinions of others in the group?.What was the greatest challenge you had as a group?.If you were to work with this same group again, what is one change the group could make to work together more effectively?.How do you think you did working with this group compared with groups you’ve worked with in the past?.Here’s a list of the self-reflection questions I use in my classroom: When you see the word “I” in the question, it means me, as the teacher.

I do this so that if the graded paper falls into the wrong hands it doesn’t cause more contention. If they have an issue with a specific student, I have them put an asterisk next to their response, and I will follow up with them privately.

No naming of other students is allowed in a critical way.

Responses to these questions are not graded for content, only thoroughness.

By giving different questions after different projects, I can make the questions targeted to the assignment, and the experience doesn’t become “samey” for the students.

The questions sometimes depend upon the students’ role in the group, meaning that some are specifically for those who were leaders of the group and some are for those who were not.

Sometimes I give choice, and sometimes I assign different questions to different students.

Not every student responds to the same questions.

I don’t use all of them on any one assignment! I choose two(ish), depending upon the assignment and its length.

We also make it more likely that they will make the same errors over and over again when working in groups.įor the teacher, reading these self-reflection responses can give us information that will inform our assignments of students into groups, as patterns will develop that we can use to tell which students will be most likely to work well together. It’s also about the group, and if we don’t allow for self-reflection of that group work, we ignore a large part of what it was we were trying to teach. Working in a group is more than just about the work.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS HOW TO

I’ve written about how to get gifted kids to work in groups, and this is one more step towards best practice. When students work in collaborative groups, it’s critical to have self-reflection questions for them to consider when the group work is done or you risk wasting terrific, real data. Group work self-reflection questions for students are a key factor in effective group work and a best practice for teachers using small groups.