Learning From (Reflection On) Experience By Saga Briggs. https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/let-it-marinate-the-importance-of-reflection-closing/

Why, exactly, does reflection improve a person’s problem-solving capacity? “We propose that the link between learning-by-thinking and greater performance is explained by self-efficacy, or a personal evaluation of one’s capabilities to organise and execute courses of action to attain designated goals,” the researchers write.

Researchers at Colorado State report similar findings, among the following:

–Reflection transforms experience into genuine learning about individual values and goals and about larger social issues.

–Reflection challenges students to connect service activities to course objectives and to develop higher-level thinking and problem solving.

–Reflection works against the perpetuation of stereotypes by raising students’ awareness of the social structures surrounding service environments.