Reflection

Reflection is central to building a deep and rich experience in CAS. Developing a culture of reflection helps students recognize and understand how to be reflective, as well as deciding the best methods and appropriate timing. Student learning is enhanced by reflection on choices and actions. This enables students to grow in their ability to explore skills, strengths, limitations, and areas for further development.

Through reflection, students examine ideas and consider how they might use prior learning in new contexts. Reflection leads to improved problem-solving, higher cognitive processes, and greater depth of understanding in addition to exploring how CAS experiences may influence future possibilities.

Reflection Guidelines:

• While there are no rules regarding the number of reflections, each experience should have at least three (beginning, middle, and end).

• Each reflection should focus on one of the Learning Outcomes that was chosen for the experience/project. The purpose of the reflection is to think about how that Learning Outcome is being met.

• Reflections do not need to be written in a formal, academic tone - they should be written in a casual, first-person perspective.

• Reflections can be in point form.

• Reflections only need to be 4-5 sentences.

• Reflections are not a summary of what you did - this is shown through your documentation. A reflection is to provide insight on what you learned during the experience, any mistakes that were made, how you are pivoting/making changes to course correct from mistakes, etc.