Reflecting Through a Network

Will involving pupils reflecting on learning through the use of E-learning logs increase motivation and resilience? Liz Martin and Pippa Pender, Lanner Primary School

The research aimed to understand whether and, if so, how L2L approaches will:

• Increase reflection and resilience

• Improve learning performance

• Encourage different ways to evaluate learning

• Use learned optimism and self-efficacy.

The research involved 30 Year 6 children- who were encouraged to keep E-learning logs through the academic year 2005/2006.
The key findings were:

• Enabling students to have quality reflection time is self motivating

• Reflection increases student independence and encourages a more explicit understanding about their learning

• Use of PowerPoint to create E-learning logs supported the children to be more independent and creative in the way that they reflected on their learning.