Reflecting to Learn √ §

As educators increasingly appreciate the role that reflection plays in learning, many have adopted a variety of practices that encourage students to become more self-reflective. The focus of students’ reflection can vary as much as the form, including reflecting on their relationship to the subject matter, their thinking and learning processes, and how their sense of self and understanding of the world changes as a result of learning. In this panel discussion, four UMBC faculty members will describe how they have incorporated reflecting-to-learn activities into their pedagogies, including the purposes, samples of student work, and how they assess student learning from these exercises. Panelists include: Karen Chen (Information Systems), Kathleen Hoffman (Mathematics and Statistics), Brian Kaufman (Music), and Maria Sanchez (College of Engineering and Information Technology).