Reflection tools in modeling activities

Reflection and self-regulated learning are important skills for college level students to learn. We have developed Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs) to integrate these activities while teaching students engineering concepts. A multi-tier design approach is used with MEAs as an element of change for students, instructors and researchers. Three generations of reflection tools have evolved to document how student teams' work on resolving a posed problem and what have they learned from the experience.