Reflection Enhances Student Engagement and Team Service Project Implementation in a Bioengineering Honors Program (Work in Progress)

摘要

Reflection is a process in which one examines current or past experiences, and then uses this information to make decisions about future actions. In engineering courses, reflection is used primarily to promote cognitive development. For example, immediately after an exam, students articulate what helped them do well on the exam and what they could do differently to improve their performance on a future exam. In addition to improving academic performance, reflection is associated with student gains in social skills, civic engagement, and attitudes toward self and learning.