I ran across a report called "Reflection and Middle School Bloggers: Do Blogs Support Reflective Practices". The authors read and scored random blogs written by middle school teachers. The results are not that surprising - the blogs had varying levels of reflectiveness.
What I found interesting was the rubric they created from which to judge the rubrics and the anchor entries for the scorers. The reflectiveness seems to hinge on the use of examples in the entries. I'm not sure whether I agree with that or not - I can't think of a reason not to, but my gut is skeptical. It will make me think about my own posting and the reflectiveness.
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