I can use reflection to identify strengths and weaknesses in my students writing, while making positive notations on their work. I can also make suggestions for improvement.
Reflections are important for the students to be able to relate to their own and each other's work. It is also a non-threatening way to give and get feedback. It just makes student work more meaningful to them so hopefully they will be more interested in making their work better.
I think everything I've learned this week has changed my thinking about my response to my student's work. I would like my students to feel like their work mattered and had value. I guess I just never really thought about how important it was. I would also like to use peer reflection so that they can respond to each other's work.
Reflection gives a writer the opportunity to view their strong and weak areas in writing. Constructive criticism can be used as a tool for open dialogue between the reader and writer.
For me, it was very helpful, even prior to peer review, to flesh out some questions I had about my piece. I felt nervous about revealing these questions about my own writing, but I knew it would be helpful in the long run.
I think this would be an excellent strategy to use in the classroom because it gives students framework for responding to their classmates' writing, rather than just asking them to tell their peers what they think. I think it makes the process both easier for the students responding, and more effective when it is time for the writer to revise. It also helps the teacher know the way their students are understanding their comments, and enables them to respond more effectively.
Reflections are a good way to help students understand exactly what it is that they may need to think about revising. The reflection can be used to guide response.
One role of reflection is to allow the student to be a part of the review process. It gives them ownership. It can also give the teacher a context from which the student is writing..the thought process, what they think about the writing. A reflective summary gives the student an opportunity to tell the teacher what kind of feedback they want. It creates a collaboration between teacher and student.
For the first time I really see how important reflection is for not just my students but me also. I think that reflection teaches teachers just as much. I want to incorporate the idea of drafting and then taking the following steps...personal reflection..peer review..follow up peer review..draft...reflective summary...the edit/grade part and then the talk back. I actually could tell how much it helped me as a reader and as a teacher. It hits every aspect of the writing process and continues to give new approaches in every step; therefore, improving students.
I believe reflection is a really positive tool for teachers and students. It allows students to think in depth what they're trying to achieve in their writing. In addition, it provides a looking glass for teachers to know their students' perspective.
In student work, reflection can be a powerful tool. It can be used to encourage students and give them direction and feedback on assignments or assessments.
Go back to the student's reflections and point out to them what observations they made about their writing. Show them were their observations match up with their writing and where the observations don't match up. This way, it may seem to the student that he is correcting his own work, not that the teacher is. Also, note for the student where you shared the same opinions and thoughs about his writing based on his reflection.
I really liked respoing more to the reflection than to the paper itself. With just the paper i was looking for all positive, what did i like. I didn't feel like it really helped the writer make a better draft. When I read her reflection I was drawn to the parts she found weak and I felt her insecurities about what she wrote. Then I was able to give more constructive criticism and redirect her to how to emphasize the sthrengths she had to begin with. I liked it a lot because I tend to be WAAAYYYY too positive when I respond to a student's writing. They get an ego boost but do not become better writers. In my classroom this would be a great model to follow when we write essays and papers. I would pretty much follow the same steps with the reflection and the talkback, just maybe change some questions depending on the original writing assignment. I can also see how this would make my job, or a peer editor's job eaiser and more productive. THANKS!
We can use reflection to facilitate a sense of collaboration between teacher and student. Reflection can also contribute to a student's ownership of their work.
I can use reflection to identify strengths and weaknesses in my students writing, while making positive notations on their work. I can also make suggestions for improvement.
ReplyDeleteReflections are important for the students to be able to relate to their own and each other's work. It is also a non-threatening way to give and get feedback. It just makes student work more meaningful to them so hopefully they will be more interested in making their work better.
ReplyDeleteI think everything I've learned this week has changed my thinking about my response to my student's work. I would like my students to feel like their work mattered and had value. I guess I just never really thought about how important it was. I would also like to use peer reflection so that they can respond to each other's work.
ReplyDeleteReflection gives a writer the opportunity to view their strong and weak areas in writing. Constructive criticism can be used as a tool for open dialogue between the reader and writer.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it was very helpful, even prior to peer review, to flesh out some questions I had about my piece. I felt nervous about revealing these questions about my own writing, but I knew it would be helpful in the long run.
ReplyDeleteI think this would be an excellent strategy to use in the classroom because it gives students framework for responding to their classmates' writing, rather than just asking them to tell their peers what they think. I think it makes the process both easier for the students responding, and more effective when it is time for the writer to revise. It also helps the teacher know the way their students are understanding their comments, and enables them to respond more effectively.
Reflections are a good way to help students understand exactly what it is that they may need to think about revising. The reflection can be used to guide response.
ReplyDeleteOne role of reflection is to allow the student to be a part of the review process. It gives them ownership. It can also give the teacher a context from which the student is writing..the thought process, what they think about the writing. A reflective summary gives the student an opportunity to tell the teacher what kind of feedback they want. It creates a collaboration between teacher and student.
ReplyDeleteFor the first time I really see how important reflection is for not just my students but me also. I think that reflection teaches teachers just as much. I want to incorporate the idea of drafting and then taking the following steps...personal reflection..peer review..follow up peer review..draft...reflective summary...the edit/grade part and then the talk back. I actually could tell how much it helped me as a reader and as a teacher. It hits every aspect of the writing process and continues to give new approaches in every step; therefore, improving students.
ReplyDeleteI believe reflection is a really positive tool for teachers and students. It allows students to think in depth what they're trying to achieve in their writing. In addition, it provides a looking glass for teachers to know their students' perspective.
ReplyDeleteIn student work, reflection can be a powerful tool. It can be used to encourage students and give them direction and feedback on assignments or assessments.
ReplyDeleteGo back to the student's reflections and point out to them what observations they made about their writing. Show them were their observations match up with their writing and where the observations don't match up. This way, it may seem to the student that he is correcting his own work, not that the teacher is. Also, note for the student where you shared the same opinions and thoughs about his writing based on his reflection.
ReplyDeleteI really liked respoing more to the reflection than to the paper itself. With just the paper i was looking for all positive, what did i like. I didn't feel like it really helped the writer make a better draft. When I read her reflection I was drawn to the parts she found weak and I felt her insecurities about what she wrote. Then I was able to give more constructive criticism and redirect her to how to emphasize the sthrengths she had to begin with. I liked it a lot because I tend to be WAAAYYYY too positive when I respond to a student's writing. They get an ego boost but do not become better writers. In my classroom this would be a great model to follow when we write essays and papers. I would pretty much follow the same steps with the reflection and the talkback, just maybe change some questions depending on the original writing assignment. I can also see how this would make my job, or a peer editor's job eaiser and more productive. THANKS!
ReplyDeleteWe can use reflection to facilitate a sense of collaboration between teacher and student. Reflection can also contribute to a student's ownership of their work.
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