text: what does it mean to reflect on your own work or learning? what are the benefits of reflection ? give examples wherever its possible it means to contemplate what you have done, giving it further thought. this is useful as you might have missed something or misunderstood some information. reflection gives you time to correct errors or reconsider aspects of your work or learning.   within yahoo answers you see many examples of questions that are difficult to understand because they have been hurriedly written. with reflection, the writers of the questions could improve the text before submitting it.