Reflect on Learning
Overview
Encouraging students to think about personal progress helps them understand how they learn and can evolve their beliefs about their abilities.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
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 and encourage themselves during the learning process to persist through challenging tasks.
Design It into Your Product
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.
Learn More
- Explore the Metacognition & Self-Regulated Learning subtopic on Digital Promise's Research Map.
- Explore the Self-Efficacy subtopic on Digital Promise's Research Map.
- Explore the Student Goals subtopic on Digital Promise's Research Map.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Organization and Reading Skills Strategies
Setting small goals encourages consistent, achievable progress, helping students feel confident in their skills and abilities.
Breaking larger tasks into steps and receiving feedback at each step helps students both manage their work and stay motivated.
Taking breaks from work, especially ones that encourage physical activity or calming routines, helps students reset their brains and learn how to maintain focus.
Timers help students learn to self-pace and transition.
