Reflecting After Learning
After you finish a piece of learning, say what helped, what was confusing and what you would change next time.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Kolb reflective learning cycle
- Hattie & Timperley feedback model
1 · Read
When you finish a project or a topic at school, there is one more step. You can think back over how it went. This is called reflecting. It is not about whether you got a good grade. It is about what helped you and what was hard.
Priya just finished a book report. Instead of putting it away, she asks herself three questions: What helped me the most? What part confused me? What would I do differently next time? She realizes reading a chapter each night helped, but rushing the last page made her miss some details.
You already know how to teach something back and how to learn from a mistake. Reflecting adds one more habit: pause after you're done and ask what worked and what you would change.
After you finish something, pause and ask what helped, what was confusing, and what you'd try next time.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Where it sits
Where this leads
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.