By Lauren Rosenberg

In preparation for final conferences, I give my students a self-evaluation sheet to fill out. The questions below are simple, easy ones for students to reflect on. I ask my class to work on the self-evaluation outside of class, then to bring it to the final conference. Usually, we start conferences with a conversation about the self-evaluation.

Self-Evaluation

  1. What are some of the strengths you brought with you to the course? How do you see yourself as an asset to the group?
  2. What is one way you could have contributed more orally -- that is, in class discussions, in peer review, and in conferences with me?
  3. What is one way you could have contributed more in your written work? How would you have approached your writing if you were to take the course again?
  4. Have you learned anything about writing that has prepared you for other courses? English courses only? Or different types of writing in other disciplines?