Reflecting to Learn

Research demonstrates a strong connection between reflection and learning. If you step back and take a good, careful look at what and how you are learning, you can actually make that learning stick better. Even better, reflection can help you improve in any field: one study of students with math anxiety found that those who wrote reflections on their issues with math before taking a test did better on the test than those who did no reflecting.

Chapter contents:

Understanding reflection

Setting the stage for reflection

Reflecting while you are writing

Reflecting after you’ve written