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In today’s world, it is common for people to look for instant solutions to complex problems. Reflection in service-learning provides youth and adults with a way to make sense of their experiences, evaluate them, and apply what was learned to future experiences. Youth build skills necessary for analyzing and solving problems and developing creative solutions.

Without reflection, participants often just report on experiences instead of examining how and what they did impacted themselves and those they serve. Reflection is an important part of the service-learning cycle.