Reflective Writing as Assessment

Particularly in the context of CSP, reflective writing is important because it's part of a high stakes assessment, the proposed AP exam. In ECS, assignments also have reflective components that are graded. How do you prepare students to do effective reflective writing that results in a grade or exam score? How do you evaluate such writing? In the online panel, the guest experts offered some suggestions to get us started, such as making sure that you include multiple opportunities to practice reflective writing throughout the semester or year, not just at the end. What strategies are you use? What issues of grading and assessment are you struggling with? 

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