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Overview

Providing space and time for students to reflect is critical for moving what they have learned into Long-term Memory. Having students think about their progress against 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 Self-regulation skills and improving Motivation.

Use It in the Classroom

Watch how this fourth grade teacher embeds self-reflection and fosters growth mindset in her students. Through positive self-talk, students reflect during the learning process and feel encouraged to persist through challenging tasks.

  • Teachers can help students understand the importance of reflecting on their learning and progress by ending math lessons with a reflection assignment, such as a journal, conference, or blog. This process is especially meaningful when students reflect on work that demonstrates both strengths and areas to work on. Teachers can also help students see how much they have grown by having them revisit earlier work and asking them reflective questions such as, "Do you remember how you felt when you first did that?"

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    Learn how Explain Everything allows students to share their thinking and reflect on what they have learned in a visual, interactive manner. By providing open-ended drawing tools and recording capabilities, learners can create video reflections that not only showcase their learning but also facilitate the reflection process.

  • Product developers can create a regular time and space for learners to engage in reflection. For example, a product can produce a visual map of learners' progress and provide diverse mediums, such as drawing, for learners to record their reflections.
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    Resources

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

    Meaningful Reflection

    How to support meaningful reflection, including using digital tools

    Examples

    One-on-One Conferencing

    Resource on The Learning Accelerator

    Examples

    Reflection Improves Instruction

    NCTM tips on reflection

    Examples

    Reflection in Math Class

    Suggestions for encouraging reflection about math

    Research

    Learning Through Reflection

    Why student reflection is important for learning

    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

    Self-Efficacy

    Subtopic that includes research on the factors that lead people to develop self-efficacy 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

    Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Numeracy and Mathematics
    Mathematical Flexibility
    Cognition
    Attention
    Inhibition
    Long-term Memory
    Short-term Memory
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Emotion
    Motivation
    Self-Regulation
    Stereotype Threat
    Student Background
    Adverse Experiences
    Safety
    Socioeconomic Status

    More Metacognitive Supports Strategies

    Goal Setting & Monitoring

    Setting overall goals, as well as smaller goals as steps to reaching them, encourages consistent, achievable progress and helps students feel confident in their skills and abilities.

    Positive Self-talk

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

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