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MATH 810 – Applied Statistics Reflection Paper Purpose To…
MATH 810 – Applied Statistics
Reflection Paper
Purpose
To assess your ability to reflect on your experiences in this course and explain what you have learned.
Overview
Do you think you learn from experience? Think again. According to Jeff Hurt (2014) and others, experience is not the key to learning. You only learn from reflecting on experience. There is a big difference between the two. And you know what? Neuroscience backs that up (see, for example, Doyle and Zakrajsek, 2013).
You have spent 12 modules on this course. What have you learned? In this assignm, you will take time to reflect in a systematic way on what you have gleaned from this course and what you will still get out of it.
Thiagi offered a six-phase model for reflection (Hurt, 2014). The model is typically used after a learning activity, but we will use it for reflecting on what you have learned during the course.
Thiagi’s six-phase model for debriefing questions is as follows:
How do you feel?
What happened?
What did you learn?
How does this relate to the real world?
What if?
What next?
Reference
Doyle, T. & Zakrajsek, T. (2013). The new science of learning. Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Hurt, J. (September, 2010). Time to face this ironic truth: We do not learn from experience
Links to an external site.. Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Accessed on September 29, 2014.
Action Items
Think about each module of the course and what you have learned.
In a Microsoft Word document, respond to each one of Thiagi’s debriefing questions about the course. Don’t treat this as a quick checklist. Take your time (suggestion: about 30-60 minutes per question, even over a few days). Rushed responses betray the writer. Be specific as you answer the following:
How do you feel? (Explain how you feel about your experience in the course, your progress, etc. Tie your feelings to specific assignments, events, interactions, readings, and/or a culmination of them. But be specific.)
What happened? (Recall and describe overall what happened for you in the course.)
What did you learn?(Tell what you learned, not just what was in the text. Also talk about lessons you learned beyond the stated course outcomes.)
How does this relate to the real world?
What if? (Briefly describe how your new knowledge and skill could have served you and others in a different situation. What difference would it have made?)
What next?(What will you do to use this knowledge and these skills? What’s your plan? This question isn’t a prompt for a simple wish list. Be specific about what you’ll do, why you’ll do it, and how you’ll do it.)
Include references, if any, .
We encourage you to first write down answers to the questions without trying to get your paper “perfect.” Just let the thoughts flow. Then come back in a day or two and revisit your answers, f your reflections, and check for spelling, grammar, and flow. You may also wish to focus on one question and let some time pass before moving on to the next question. However you approach it, we encourage getting some ideas down and letting your work sit for at least a day. Then revisit it and finish up.
By the due date indicated, upload your work.
Rubric
Reflection Paper
Reflection Paper
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome How Do You Feel?
5 to >3.0 pts
Met or exceeded minimum expectations
Student clearly explained how s/he felt about his/her experience in the course, progress made, relationships with others; the student tied feelings about the course to several specific assignments, events, interactions, readings
3 to >0 pts
Did not meet minimum expectations
Student explained poorly how s/he felt about his/her experience in the course, progress made, relationships with others; the student did not refer to specific happenings in the course.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome What Happened?
5 to >3.0 pts
Met or exceeded minimum expectations
Student explained what happened in the course, couching everything in context but especially from his or her point of view; the student related more than a perfunctory list of the course outline but highlighted a few unique things that happened for him or her.
3 to >0 pts
Did not meet minimum expectations
Student failed to adequately explain what happened in the course; lacks detail, accuracy; the student wrote in generalities, simply listing what happened in the course outline rather than what happened for the students.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome What Did You Learn?
5 to >3.0 pts
Met or exceeded minimum expectations
Student described what s/he learned in the course by referring to more than just the intended course outcomes and the textbooks’ tables of content; the student shared a few personal takeaways.
3 to >0 pts
Did not meet minimum expectations
Student did not really describe what s/he learned in the course; or the student reviewed what was covered and intended but not specifically what the student learned.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome How Does This Relate to the Real World?
5 to >3.0 pts
Met or exceeded minimum expectations
Student described how things learned relate to the real world using specifics relevant to his/her current situation.
3 to >0 pts
Did not meet minimum expectations
Student did not really describe how things learned relate to the real world.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome What If?
5 to >3.0 pts
Met or exceeded minimum expectations
Student thoroughly described how the new knowledge and skills could have served him/her in a past situation. Discussed the differences that would have been made.
3 to >0 pts
Did not meet minimum expectations
Student barely described how the new knowledge and skills could have served him/her in a past situation. Overlooked the difference that would have been made.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome What’s Next?
5 to >3.0 pts
Met or exceeded minimum expectations
Student described what s/he will do to use the knowledge and skillsan effective plan for doing so. Student described in specifics: what, why, and how and anticipates results.
3 to >0 pts
Did not meet minimum expectations
Student glossed over what s/he will do to use the knowledge and skillsa plan for doing so. Student described in generalities or otherwise poorly: what, why, and how.
5 pts
