Models for Reflection - ePortfolios

Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (Read the original post)


Stages:

1. Description - What happened?
   
2. Feelings - What were you thinking and feeling?
   
3. Evaluate - What were the positives and negative of the experience?
   
4. Analysis - What did you understand/learn from the experience?
   
5. Conclusion - What else could you have done?
   
6. Action Plan - if it happens again, what would you do differently?

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Peter Pappas' Taxonomy of Reflection (Read the original post)

Very closely aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy.

Stages:

1. Remembering
2. Understanding
3. Applying
4. Analysing
5. Evaluating
6. Creating

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