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The following excerpt is from “Authentic Learning in the Digital Age: Engaging Students Through In...,” by Larissa Pahomov. This excerpt is from the chapter entitled “Making Reflection Relevant.”

Characteristics of Meaningful Reflection

For student reflection to be meaningful, it must be metacognitive, applicable, and shared with others. Let’s look at each of these characteristics in turn.

Metacognitive

Although it’s something of a buzz word, “metacognition” is a state of mind that can be useful for all the core values presented in this book. If students are metacognitive about inquiry, then they’re thinking about exactly how they are going to phrase that question; if they’re metacognitive about collaboration, then they’re considering how their introvert or extrovert personality will affect the group. Metacognition is essentially reflection on the micro level, an awareness of our own thought processes as we complete them. So what does metacognitive reflection look like?

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