Reflection - Quantifying a rare good

Ullmann, TD; Wild, F; Scott, P

Reflection - Quantifying a rare good

Ullmann, TD Wild, F Scott, P

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Citation:: CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2013, 1103 pp. 29 - 40
Issue Date:: 2013-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Ullmann, TD	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wild, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Scott, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-9361	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2013, 1103 pp. 29 - 40	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1613-0073	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/120966
dc.description.abstract	Based on a literature review, reflections in written text are rare. The reported proportions of reflection are based on different baselines, making comparisons difficult. In contrast, this research reports on the proportion of occurrences of elements of reflection based on sentence level. This metric allows to compare proportions of elements of reflection. Previous studies are based on courses tailored to foster reflection. The reported proportions represent more the success of a specific instruction than informing about proportions of reflections occurring in student writings in general. This study is based on a large sample of course forum posts of a virtual learning environment. In total 1000 sentences were randomly selected and manually classified according to six elements of reflection. Five raters rated each sentence. Agreement was calculated based on a majority vote. The proportions of elements of reflection are reported and its potential application for course analytics demonstrated. The results indicate that reflections in text are indeed rare, and that there are differences within elements of reflection.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	CEUR Workshop Proceedings	en_US
dc.title	Reflection - Quantifying a rare good	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	1103	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Teaching and Learning)
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	1103	en_US

Abstract:

Based on a literature review, reflections in written text are rare. The reported proportions of reflection are based on different baselines, making comparisons difficult. In contrast, this research reports on the proportion of occurrences of elements of reflection based on sentence level. This metric allows to compare proportions of elements of reflection. Previous studies are based on courses tailored to foster reflection. The reported proportions represent more the success of a specific instruction than informing about proportions of reflections occurring in student writings in general. This study is based on a large sample of course forum posts of a virtual learning environment. In total 1000 sentences were randomly selected and manually classified according to six elements of reflection. Five raters rated each sentence. Agreement was calculated based on a majority vote. The proportions of elements of reflection are reported and its potential application for course analytics demonstrated. The results indicate that reflections in text are indeed rare, and that there are differences within elements of reflection.

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