After-the-Exam Reflection
As the semester ends, it’s important to continue to invest in your growth as a student.
What were your successes? What strategies have worked? What new strategies could you use? What will you build upon next semester? What will your goal be?
Success and growth in university are best achieved by seeing your entire program as a long-term interwoven process. Where each midterm, exam, assignment, project, and test are just one academic encounter within an overall experience (i.e. your degree).
Use your tests, assignments, and course grades as a benchmark moment to set yourself up for continued improvement and success.
Let’s begin exploring your academic journey:
- Post-Test Assessment [complete as soon as possible after writing your exam]
- Post-Grading Assessment [complete this within three days of receiving your grade]
For assistance with completing the assessment forms, view our visual resources below!
Post-Test & Post-Grade Assessments [Visual Resource]
You wrote your test, now what? Let's discuss where to go from here. We look at what to do after your test and after you receive your grade. Take the chance to make your assignments/tests/exams set you up to ace your next course and unlock how you do your best learning.
- Post-test Assessment & Post-Grade Assessment [PowerPoint]
- Post-test Assessment & Post-Grade Assessment [Video]
References
Purdue University. (n.d.a). Exam planning worksheet. Purdue University: Academic Success Centre. Retrieved December 1, 2021 from https://www.purdue.edu/asc/handouts_pdf/Exam%20Planning%20Worksheet.pdf
Purdue University. (n.d.b). Fall 2021 final exam preparation packet. Purdue University: Academic Success Centre. Retrieved December 1, 2021 from https://www.purdue.edu/asc/handouts_pdf/Fall%202021%20Finals%20Prep%20Packet.pdf
University of Calgary. (n.d.). Post-test self-assessment worksheet. University of Calgary: Student Success Centre. Retrieved December 6, 2021 from https://www.ucalgary.ca/live-uc-ucalgary-site/sites/default/files/teams/23/Post-test%20Self-Assessment%20Worksheet.pdf
Washington University in St. Louis. (n.d.). Post-exam reflection worksheet. Washington University in St. Louis: Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved December 1, 2021 from https://ctl.wustl.edu/learningcenter/resources/post-exam-reflection-worksheet/