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June 5, 2017 ·

The Power of Reflection: 5 Easy Ways to Debrief After an Activity!

One of our Girl Scout traditions is to ask girls to reflect on the activities they’re participating in as they learn by doing. We ask them questions about their experience like “What did you like? Was this easy or hard? Why? If we did it again what would you change?”

These questions help them process their experience and we call this activity reflection, or debriefing. So why is reflection so important?

According to a publication by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, “structured reflection helps participants…

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