REFLECTION

"The function of reflection is to make meaning: to formulate the relationships and continuities among the elements of an experience, between that experience and other experiences, betweeen that experience and the knowledge that one carries, and between that knowledge and the knowledge produced by others than oneself" (Carol Rodgers 2002 :848). 

References:

Rogers, Carol. 2002. “Defining Reflection: Another Look at John Dewey and Reflective Thinking.” Teachers College Record 104 (4): 842-866.