Why reflection is better than grades

By Dan Beech2019-02-20T10:54:00

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How responding to feedback improves results

Simply giving a student their grade after sitting an exam paper doesn’t tell them how to improve. A reflection sheet gives students the opportunity to revisit and consider their approach to revision and exam answers. This is how to work with reflection sheets.

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