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Reflect on Learning

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Overview

Student reflection on learning, particularly when done collaboratively, is critical for moving knowledge of content and strategies into Long-term Memory. Having students think about their progress towards learning goals can also shape their positive beliefs about their abilities by helping them understand how they learn and encouraging them to ask for support, refining their Metacognition and improving Motivation.

Use It in the Classroom

Watch how this eighth grade teacher uses exit tickets to aid in student self-assessment, promote reflection, and foster a growth mindset. As students become more aware of their performance compared to the expectations, they can persist through challenging tasks. This reflection routine helps increase communication between teachers and students. These responses also serve as formative assessments to aid teachers in shaping their lessons and differentiating instruction.

  • Having students prepare portfolios aligned with specific standards and providing structured time for reflection gives students the opportunity to reflect on what they have learned and their progress. This process is especially meaningful when teachers properly scaffold reflection time, guiding students to self-assess specific pieces and to look at both strengths and weaknesses with recommendations for future areas of focus. Teachers can also embed reflection into their lesson during student reading, independent activities, or exit tickets.

    • Design It into Your Product

    Videos are chosen as examples of strategies in action. These choices are not endorsements of the products or evidence of use of research to develop the feature.

    Learn how platforms, like Sown to Grow, build reflection into the learning process. Students have the opportunity to reflect on assignments and document the strategies that worked for them and those they would like to try next time. By giving them agency over their own learning, students learn how to learn.

  • Product developers can create portfolios for learners to save their work and add comments, both audio and typed, that can be reviewed and built upon by students and teachers throughout the school year. This strengthens the process of learning and memory formation, particularly if students can see their progress over time. For example, this platform could contain a space where teachers can align assignments with standards, creating a linear and visual map of learners' progress.
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    Resources

    Below are additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
    Examples

    Exit Tickets

    How to embed formative assessment and increase communication with students at the end of class

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    Writing Reflections

    Blog for creative ways to use reflection in writing instruction

    Examples

    Using Reflection in the Classroom

    Resource for teachers to incorporate reflection in the classroom, including digital resources

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    One-on-One Conferencing

    Resource on The Learning Accelerator

    Examples

    Double-Entry Journals

    AdLit resource on using double-entry journaling for reading reflection

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    Meaningful Reflection

    Excerpt from a book to support meaningful reflection, including using digital tools

    Examples

    Let it Marinate

    Edutopia blog on what reflection looks like in the classroom and tips for implementation

    Research

    Metacognition & Self-Regulated Learning

    Subtopic that includes research on metacognitive processes that help learners plan what and how to learn on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    Student Goals

    Subtopic that explores how student goals relate to academic achievement and their motivation to learn on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    Self-Efficacy

    Subtopic that includes research on the factors that lead people to develop self-efficacy on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    Learning Through Reflection

    Why student reflection is important for learning

    Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Literacy
    Composition
    Critical Literacy
    Cognition
    Attention
    Inhibition
    Long-term Memory
    Metacognition
    Short-term Memory
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Emotion
    Motivation
    Self-regulation
    Stereotype Threat
    Student Background
    Adverse Experiences
    Safety
    Socioeconomic Status

    More Metacognitive Supports Strategies

    Annotating

    When annotating, students engage deeply with a text and make their thinking visible while reading.

    Checklists & Rubrics

    Checklists and rubrics help students understand expectations as they navigate more complex tasks and assignments.

    Goal Setting & Monitoring

    Setting overall goals with actionable steps for achievement can help students feel more confident in their skills and abilities.

    Journaling

    Journaling allows students to reflect on their thinking and feelings, process their learning, and connect new information to what they know.

    Positive Self-talk

    When students reframe negative thoughts and tell themselves kind self-statements, they practice positive self-talk.

    Self-instructions

    When students engage in a dialogue with themselves, they are able to orient, organize, and focus their thinking.

    Self-monitoring

    When students monitor their comprehension, performance, and use of strategies when reading and writing, they build their Metacognition and actively participate in the reading process.

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