Looking for students to reflect on what they have been learning over the course of the unit as well as articulate mathematical concepts in their own words? Do you want students to analyze, evaluate, and reflect on their understanding of the key mathematical concepts in order to achieve a stronger conceptual understanding? With this Functions Reflection, students are to think deeply about the content, highlight the important concepts from the unit, and assess their own understanding of the concepts.

The assignment itself consists of three parts. Part 1 involves defining vocabulary, Part 2 involves answering open-ended questions, and Part 3 involves students assessing their understanding of the content. All three parts collectively help to increase students’ conceptual understanding of the content.

During this reflection, students are directly engaged in their thinking, which prompts them to have a more impactful learning opportunity. While completing the reflection, students are deeply engaged in processing the content, making meaning, finding connections, and applying their knowledge. Students can even raise any questions that they still have, or even ask follow up questions.

This Reflection assignment can be used for many purposes! It can be used as an assessment, classwork activity, student check-in, or study guide for an upcoming assessment. The individualized nature of the reflection provides students the time and opportunity to process and make sense of the their thoughts, as well as to understand the meaning behind what they are learning. By connecting their thoughts and ideas with reflections, students will have a stronger understanding of the content.