{"id":1736,"date":"2020-02-24T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/coreqenglish1\/chapter\/what-is-reflection\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:40:33","slug":"what-is-reflective-thinking","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/what-is-reflective-thinking\/","title":{"raw":"What is Reflective Thinking?","rendered":"What is Reflective Thinking?"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Understand the connection between reflection and learning<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Reflecting on Learning<\/h2>\r\nAccording to the old saying from Confucius, \u201cTo know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.\u201d Reflection is an act that helps you better determine your own true knowledge about something. For many students, acknowledging their limitations or what they don\u2019t understand about certain material can be key to real learning. Without such practices, we may be faking our way through learning, which isn\u2019t really learning at all. Inversely, we should strive to better and honestly understand our strengths, as well as our growth and progress. You have probably had friends who are good at a particular school subject, and when they are asked how they know so much about it or how they do so well at it, they say something like \u201cIt\u2019s just easy for me\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ve always been good at it.\u201d But those answers oversimplify what learning is. If those students reflected on the question more, they might find interesting answers that help them more deeply consider themselves as learners. Writing can help us do that kind of deeper reflection.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-943\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2018\/07\/01161504\/writingmeme.jpg\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"457\" height=\"240\" \/>\r\n\r\nWhile reflection certainly is a mental act, many people write to help make sense of their thoughts. And writing about your own writing is a deeply metacognitive practice that can help you more broadly as a learner.\r\n\r\nMany people may view reflection as thinking about an event that has happened, but that is only part of it. Reflection can be about something that happened in the past, is happening now, or will\/might happen in the future. For example, as a college student, you might reflect on a math test you took last month, how your current homework assignment is puzzling you, and how a math class might impact you next semester. It is important to see reflection as a continuing process because it is a valuable part of learning and growing in all disciplines and in all aspects of life.\r\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3>Learn By Doing: Reflection<\/h3>\r\nThinking about your own writing and being aware of your own strengths and weaknesses as a writer can help you improve. See if you can guess at the following types of knowledge types you may review while reflecting.\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/content\/1290965000592956998\/embed[\/embed]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Reflecting Across the Disciplines<\/h2>\r\nIf reflection seems like an act unique to your writing class, think about other courses and majors and how we see instances of reflection. Consider health fields and professions. Early in their educations, future nurses, doctors, and other health professionals are taught the importance of reflection in their work. People such as nurses and doctors regularly reflect on the condition of their patients, the care they provide, potential treatments, and future care. Writing allows health care professionals, for example, to keep a reflective log of patients (think about why nurses and doctors rely on those charts and patient records so much). This type of thinking requires practice, which is why reflection is part of the courses these students take. For most people, it is not enough to just reflect in your head, you have to write it down.\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/fec5a94c-d5c7-4dfe-8e05-2dfe323512f6\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the connection between reflection and learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Reflecting on Learning<\/h2>\n<p>According to the old saying from Confucius, \u201cTo know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.\u201d Reflection is an act that helps you better determine your own true knowledge about something. For many students, acknowledging their limitations or what they don\u2019t understand about certain material can be key to real learning. Without such practices, we may be faking our way through learning, which isn\u2019t really learning at all. Inversely, we should strive to better and honestly understand our strengths, as well as our growth and progress. You have probably had friends who are good at a particular school subject, and when they are asked how they know so much about it or how they do so well at it, they say something like \u201cIt\u2019s just easy for me\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ve always been good at it.\u201d But those answers oversimplify what learning is. If those students reflected on the question more, they might find interesting answers that help them more deeply consider themselves as learners. Writing can help us do that kind of deeper reflection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-943\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2097\/2018\/07\/01161504\/writingmeme.jpg\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"457\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While reflection certainly is a mental act, many people write to help make sense of their thoughts. And writing about your own writing is a deeply metacognitive practice that can help you more broadly as a learner.<\/p>\n<p>Many people may view reflection as thinking about an event that has happened, but that is only part of it. Reflection can be about something that happened in the past, is happening now, or will\/might happen in the future. For example, as a college student, you might reflect on a math test you took last month, how your current homework assignment is puzzling you, and how a math class might impact you next semester. It is important to see reflection as a continuing process because it is a valuable part of learning and growing in all disciplines and in all aspects of life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3>Learn By Doing: Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>Thinking about your own writing and being aware of your own strengths and weaknesses as a writer can help you improve. See if you can guess at the following types of knowledge types you may review while reflecting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/content\/1290965000592956998\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Reflecting Across the Disciplines<\/h2>\n<p>If reflection seems like an act unique to your writing class, think about other courses and majors and how we see instances of reflection. Consider health fields and professions. Early in their educations, future nurses, doctors, and other health professionals are taught the importance of reflection in their work. People such as nurses and doctors regularly reflect on the condition of their patients, the care they provide, potential treatments, and future care. Writing allows health care professionals, for example, to keep a reflective log of patients (think about why nurses and doctors rely on those charts and patient records so much). This type of thinking requires practice, which is why reflection is part of the courses these students take. For most people, it is not enough to just reflect in your head, you have to write it down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_fec5a94c-d5c7-4dfe-8e05-2dfe323512f6\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/fec5a94c-d5c7-4dfe-8e05-2dfe323512f6?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_fec5a94c-d5c7-4dfe-8e05-2dfe323512f6\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1736\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>What is Reflective Thinking?. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Guy Krueger. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Mississippi. 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