Share Paper: Using structured learning e-journals as a formative e-assessment strategy: Guiding student-teachers to reflect on their learning through the mirror, microscope, and binoculars.

1. Bernard Bahati, University of Rwanda & Stockholm University, Sweden
2. Uno Fors, Stockholm University, Sweden
3. Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, Sweden
4. Alphonse Benegusenga, University of Rwanda, Rwanda

Abstract: Studies on the use of electronic journals to promote reflective learning among student-teachers have mainly focused on the students’ reflection and their learning experience in the context of the teaching practicum. Using e-journal guiding questions and an analytical reflection rubric, this study examined the extent to which the student-teachers reflected on their learning and how their reflective skills evolved through e-journal keeping in the context of the teaching and learning process of a blended course. The results showed that most of the students’ responses to e-journal guiding questions were in non-reflection and reflection levels while few responses were in critical-reflection ...