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Library Hours
Fall Semester Hours for QV Danielson Campus Library
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Monday. 8am-8pm
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Tuesday. 8am-8pm
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Wednesday. 8am-8pm
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Thursday. 8am-8pm
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Friday. 8am-2pm
Fall Semester Hours for QV Willimantic Campus Library
- Monday. 11am-7:00pm
- Wednesday. 3pm-7pm
Reflection: Looking Within
Reflection means thinking about your own learning, experiences, or beliefs and how they connect to what you're doing or studying. It involves asking questions like: What did I learn? What changed my thinking? Why does this matter to me or others? What did I do well?
Professors want to see: that you're not just absorbing ideas, but considering how they fit into your perspective or growth. Reflection shows that you're becoming a more self-aware and intentional learner.
You're using reflection skills when you...
- Connect course materials to your own experiences and values
- Think about what you might do differently next time and why
- Write about how your thinking has changed after reading, discussions, or research
- Think about why a topic matters - to you, your community, or in a broader context
Boost Your Reflection Skills
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What? So What? Now What?: Prompts for Reflective WritingReflective writing allows you to articulate why an experience is important, what you learned during the process, and how you plan to apply your skills to future projects or endeavors. This resource provides questions to kickstart your reflective writing.
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Reflective Practice Toolkit (University of Cambridge)Being able to reflect is a valuable skill to have both during your education and as you move on to the workplace. It helps you to think about your experiences, why things happened the way they did and how you can improve on these experiences in future. This resource will guide you through the basics of what reflective practice is, its benefits, how to integrate it into your everyday life and the basics of reflective writing.
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Reflection and Reflective WritingReflection is not simply "writing about yourself." This handout gives breaks it down five levels: reporting, responding, relating, reasoning, and reconstructing . A description and several guiding questions are given for each level. Understanding the different levels of reflection will help you write reflections that feel more meaningful and challenge yourself to go deeper in your thinking - especially if an assignment asks for "critical reflection."