Reflection Strategies
What is reflection?
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Effective reflection will:
- Clearly link the service experience to the course content and learning objectives
- Be structured in terms of description, expectations and the criteria for assessing the activity
- Occur regularly during the semester so that students can practice reflection and develop the capacity to engage in deeper and broader reflection
- Provide instructor feedback on at least some of the reflection activities so that students learn how to improve their critical analysis and develop from reflective practice
- Include the opportunity for students to explore, clarify and alter their values
Contact CCELL staff for help with designing effective reflection activities, or see the following:
- Pre-Service Reflection Activities
- Three Part Reflection Journal
- Triple Entry Reflection Journal
- List of Reflective Strategies for Enhancing Critical Thinking
- Northwest Service Activity Reflection Toolkit
- DEAL Model for Critical Reflection
- "Reflection" section in LSU Service-Learning Handbook
- “Using Structured Learning to Enhance Learning from Service” website
Also, see Evaluation Strategies for information on how to assess student reflection.