Dream Life Project: Reflection Rubric

Exceeds Meets Progressing Beginning Score

4 3 2 1

Reflection Reflection is Reflection is well Reflection shows The reflection is

substantial, organized and some reflection, absent or vague
well-developed, and shows student isnt insightful, only and
shows deep thinking thinking about the references the underdeveloped.
about the inquiry inquiry project. inquiry project.
project.

Analysis of Student moves The student Students Students

Project beyond a simple attempts to analyze reflection makes a reflection is
description of the the experience, but connection to irrelevant, does
experience to an analysis lacks some of the not show
analysis of how the depth. Student previous learning, connections to
experience reflects on the some connections previous learning
contributed to inquiry project as to the inquiry or refer to the
students being relevant and project, and weak inquiry project.
understanding of self, meaningful to connections to the
future goals, and the future goals and learning targets.
learning targets. the learning
targets.

Demonstrating The student The student Student attempts The students

Connections demonstrates the demonstrates the to apply the reflection
connections between connections learning describes the
the inquiry project, between the inquiry experience to their inquiry project, but
material from past project, material understanding of does not analyze
experiences and from past self, future goals, or synthesize how
knowledge, personal experience and and the learning it relates to the
goals. knowledge, and targets but fails to student, future
personal goals. demonstrate depth goals, or the
of analysis. learning targets.

Self-Criticize The student The student The student The student does
demonstrates the demonstrates the attempts to not attempt to
ability to question ability to question self-criticize, but self-criticize.
their preconceptions, their the reflection fails
assumptions, and preconceptions and to demonstrate a
define new ways of assumptions. new awareness of
thinking as a result. preconceptions
and assumptions.

Grammar& Thereareno Thereare1-2 Thereare3-4 Therearemore

Punctuation grammaticalor grammaticalor grammaticalor thanfour
mechanical mechanical mechanical grammaticalor
mistakesinstudents mistakesin mistakesin mechanical
reflection. students students mistakesin
reflection. reflection. students
reflection.

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