Think working alone versus working with others or watching a video versus reading a book versus listening to a podcast. What other forms could have been used and what would effect might the use of those other forms have had on your learning? Think of sitting and listening versus standing and speaking. So? So What? What now? (Summarize what you learned, roughly explain its significance, and estimate what you might/could/should do next in response.)īonus: Consider the ‘form’ of learning you used. How does what you learned relate to what you already knew?Ģ5. Of what you learned, how much of it was new, and how much of it have you seen before?Ģ4. How did your understanding of _ change today?Ģ1. What did you find most surprising about _?Ģ0. How did you respond when struggled with today (if you did)?ġ9. How do you know that you don’t understand _?ġ8. How do you know that you understand _?ġ7. What do you already know that you can use to think about or learn _?ġ6. What is the difference between misunderstanding and not yet knowing?ġ5. What do you suspect that you might misunderstand about _?ġ4. What are you sure you misunderstand about _? What is the most likely source of the confusion? Nature Of Knowledge Reflective Questionsġ3. What do you think you might understand about _?ġ2. What are you sure you understand about _?ġ1.
What was your mindset before, during, and after the lesson?ġ0. What did you assume about today’s learning before we started? How did that affect your learning (for better or for worse)?ĩ. What opportunities did you have today? Which were worthy of your attention, energy, or best thinking? Did you take them?Ĩ. Infer cognitive behaviors (what they were doing ‘in their minds’) along with listing physical and observable behaviors. What did you notice others doing during today’s lesson? Include other students, the teacher, etc.
Were you an active or a passive learner? Did the learning activity allow (or force) you to be one or the other (active versus passive)?ĥ. What was your role in the learning process today? Did you find information? Interpret it? Attempt to ‘remember’ it? Complete a task? Listen? Watch? Skim? Try? Combine? Consider? Evaluate? Calculate? List? Describe? Problem solve? Recall? Create?Ĥ. Of what you remember, what seemed to be the most important ideas? Write down 3-5 things in bullet-point format.ģ. What do you remember about what you learned today? Write down as many things as you can in 30/60/90 seconds.Ģ. See also 12 Authentic Starting Points For Learning Reflection Questions For Learningġ. Some are questions while others are question stems that can be used to guide reflection in specific lessons or scenarios where unique language or ideas are needed.
Now, for an updated post, I’ve collected many of these questions into a single post that you can sift through and hopefully find something you can use in your classroom tomorrow. I’ve also shared a small collection of basic reflective questions in the past that could be used as a tweet or other social media post. A few years ago, I wrote about Types of Learning Journalsand reflection was a part of this thinking.
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