This document provides guidance for a reflective journal assignment focusing on learning environments and instructional strategies. Students are asked to reflect on the case study and consider questions about the learning environment where they felt most successful, how to create a similar environment for their own students, the instructional strategies their own teachers used and why they were effective, and which strategies the teacher in the case study may use. The reflective journal will allow students to connect their experiences to course topics and examine how to apply strategies from the case study.

1. ASH ECE 430 Week 1 Reflective Journal NEW
http://www.uopassignments.com/ece-430-
ash/ece-430-week-1-reflective-journal-recent
For more classes visit
http://www.uopassignments.com
Week One Reflective Journal
Reflective Journal: Learning Environments and
Instructional Strategies
An important part of being an educator is
reflection. Reflection is a learning process through
which you use your experiences and knowledge to
guide you in the future. Each week you will have
the opportunity to use your journal to reflect on
the content you have learned in this course and
throughout your degree program. Specifically, you
will reflect on the connections you see between
each case study and two to three topics from the
Program Comprehensive Exam. This week we will
be focusing on learning environments and
instructional strategies. Take a few minutes to
think about how the case study addresses these

2. topics. The questions below may spark some ideas
regarding learning environments and
instructional strategies. You do not need to
address all the questions; instead, write down
your thoughts as they unfold. Reflect on the
following in your journal:
• What was the learning environment like in the
classroom where you felt the most successful in
school?
• Using the case study as an example, how will you
create a learning environment for your students
that will allow them to feel as successful as you did
in school?
• What instructional strategies did your teachers
use in school in order to ensure your success? Why
do you think these instructional strategies were
successful?
• Based on the Week One Case Study, what
instructional strategies do you think Mrs. Ashland
might use with her students? Explain if or how you
plan to use any of the strategies that either your
teachers used or that you believe Mrs. Ashland will
use with supporting rationale of your response.