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Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Dialogue

2009

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Another Look At Reflection: Promoting Student Voice, Self-Efficacy And Student/Teacher Dialogue Through Structured, Guided Reflection Prompts In A College Reading And Study Skills Course, Linda Kirby May 2009

Another Look At Reflection: Promoting Student Voice, Self-Efficacy And Student/Teacher Dialogue Through Structured, Guided Reflection Prompts In A College Reading And Study Skills Course, Linda Kirby

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

“Learning improves to the degree that it arises out of the process of reflection.”

Shermis, 1999

In the past 10-15 years, numerous commissions, boards, and foundations as well as states and local school districts have identified reflection/inquiry as a standard toward which all teachers and students must strive not only in meeting new educational reforms but in helping maintain a dynamic, democratic society. The focus of this study was to examine the impact of using guided, structured reflective prompts and written discourse occurring between students and teachers within a college-level reading and study strategies course. Although there is a large …