EDUC 776
REFLECTION EXERCISE ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
You will complete four Reflection Exercise Assignments in this course. As you develop and
move through this course, it is important that you can reflect on, report, and assess your learning
throughout your educational journey. These reflection assignments will support your
comprehension of new material and connections to learning theories and instructional practices
you already know and use.
INSTRUCTIONS
Each reflection should address the concepts and principles most meaningful to you during your
study. Reflections are NOT to be just a summary of your reading/study. Reflections synthesize
new information with prior personal experience and demonstrate your growth of knowledge and
skill.
Reflections are 2 – 3 pages of well-organized prose integrating your observations and questions
about the course material with at least five current (i.e., published within the last five years)
scholarly sources. Use APA formatting, including title and reference pages. An abstract is not
required. The title and references pages do not count towards the 2 – 3-page requirement.
As you organize your reflection, include the following elements:
1. A brief introduction paragraph that builds the foundation for your reflection on this
module’s Learn material.
2. A discussion of new ideas. What new ideas (theories, methods, etc.) did you learn from
this module’s Learn material? What was your favorite/most meaningful idea from the
readings? Why? You might want to quote a short piece that you feel is an important idea
or something you would like to remember for yourself or share with others.
3. Connections. How does this module’s Learn material relate to other materials you have
read as a student, including materials from other courses as well as from this course? Do
you predict you will use this information in the future, and if so, why?
4. Share experiences/memories. Comment on whether and how this module’s Learn
material relates to your own experiences, either your own history as a student or what’s
going on in your classroom/workplace now. Does the information in the material remind
you of anything? What comes to mind as you are reading or watching the selections?
Write about these experiences or memories.
5. Ask questions. What confuses you? What don’t you understand? Is there anything with
which you disagree? What do you want to be sure to have clarified?
6. Above all, react. Write about your reactions to this module’s Learn material, giving
examples and reasons for your reaction. Do you think others will feel the same way?
See the Reflection Exercise Example provided with this assignment for a sample excerpt of
reflective writing.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
