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Teaching Students to Reflect on Personal Learning

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Reflection is a powerful tool that when placed in the hands of students can allow for a depth of understanding that teacher feedback alone cannot provide. This is why it is essential for teachers to really help students reflect within their learning process.

About the presenter

Starr Sackstein is the COO of Mastery Portfolio and a veteran educator, including nine years at World Journalism Preparatory School in Flushing, New York, as a high school English and journalism teacher. She completed her advanced leadership certification at SUNY New Paltz.

She is a National Board–Certified educator and certified as a Master Journalism Educator by the Journalism Education Association, where she served as New York State director from 2010 to 2016. She is the author of many books, including Assessing with Respect and Peer Feedback in the Classroom.

At speaking engagements around the world, Starr speaks about journalism education, bring your own device policies, and throwing out grades. In 2022, she was included in the inaugural class of ASCD's Champions in Education.


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Mastery Portfolio

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