Evaluation of a Reflection Support Method for Students in PBL

Abstract

In recent years, the focus of higher education has been shifting to active learning such as project-based learning (PBL) in Japanese. Previous research reported the effectiveness of PBL on students' problem-solving skills. It has been suggested that the reflection of the student is important in PBL. However, there are few studies that teacher support the reflection of students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the method to support reflection of students. In this study, the students reflected on their learning activities with a web-based worksheet. Then the teacher evaluated the reflection contents of the students by the Rubric. This rubric was designed to guide the students toward better reflection. In addition, We changed questions that ask them what they learn from the latter half of the class. The results showed that changing a question might be helpful for the student's reflection.