Learning Through Reflection

When students are given the opportunity to self-reflect, it allows them to learn from experience on their own. Self-reflection is one strategy students can use to build a growth mindset. This is a skill that students can learn when teachers provide the right opportunities and ask the right questions. Take a look at a few tools and resources that can help your students use self-reflection to grow.

Google Docs

Create a template for students to answer reflective questions such as “What did I do well?”, “What could I have done better?”, “What is one new/exciting thing I learned?”, or "What can I do with my learning?". Organize their responses into a digital journal to record their growth over a specific time period.

Google Sites or Slides

Students can create portfolios of work samples and ‘best of best’. Teachers can provide students with a list of reflective questions and allow them to choose which ones they answer about their work samples. To access more detailed information on how to build a portfolio with Google Sites, click the button below.

Build a Portfolio with Google Sites

Google Forms

Create quick exit tickets to ask students to reflect on the daily lesson and to propose their own ‘next steps’.

Google Classroom

Include copies of a rubric for students to grade themselves when submitting larger assignments or projects. Use the reflection questions as open ended responses to further support their self-assessment. Post reflective questions for students to respond to. Post exit tickets through the question feature or by sharing a Google Form.

Asking the right question is just as important as using the right tool when it comes to student reflection. Read below to see what the experts say are the 'must-use' questions to encourage student reflection and growth.

45 Awesome, Must-Use Questions to Encourage Student Reflection and GrowthReflection questions for before, during, and after a project or lesson.

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