Reflective Learning Logs

Marzano's suggestion in Chapter 12 to employ learning logs and having students self evaluate how well they met the unit and personal learning goals is a great way to reinforce the backward design model of planning. This practice makes students active participants in the ownership of their own learning and they can learn from this strategy or practice in assessing their own progress. This is something I have not yet employed but plan to in the coming school year. I have utilized learning journals but have not included the unit objectives ahead of time and had student then assess their own progress or success.