Objective Measurement for Assessing Students’ Reflective Abilities During the Social Work Practicum

The present study aims to develop and validate an objective scale to assess abilities for reflective process and reflective practice outcomes within social work practicums. The study analyzed supervisors’ evaluations of 85 students and estimated the relationships between students’ and instructors’ objective ratings on competency. The results indicate that a total of 38 items could be used to measure abilities of reflective process and reflective...