Reflection Paper Guidelines
ASTR 101/NSCI 101
Reflection papers are designed to formally consider what they have been learning and to organize it through writing. The following will help you understand the assignment:
- Papers must be typed
- Papers should be at least 3 pages long
- Writing should use formal language and correct spelling and punctuation
- Topics reflected upon may include any information covered in class or in the reading from the beginning or the quarter to the present
- Papers may take 1 or 2 topics and examine them deeply, or more topics examined in less detail
- When writing, consider the following:
- What have we studied that is interesting?
- What new things have you learned?
- How has your learning affected preconceptions or misconceptions you brought with you into class
- How does your learning affect you view of the world and the universe?
- Will what you have learned change your behavior in the future?
Ultimately writing these papers encourages you to find what is meaningful to you and thus it adds value to your learning. Do not simply outline or summarize the material we have covered. I want to know what the material means to you.
