Gibbs' Reflective Cycle

How many stages are there in Gibbs' reflective cycle?

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 7

Which of these in not one of the 6 stages in Gibbs' reflective cycle?

• Action Plan

• Feelings

• Evaluation

• Forming

Put the 6 stages in a logical order. Use the first letter of each stage in your answer.

Feelings (F)

Evaluation (E)

Action Plan (P)

Analysis (A)

Description (D)

Conclusion (C)

Which Step is it?

In this step, you plan for what you would do differently in a similar or related situation in the future.

• Feelings

• Analysis

• Description

• Action Plan

• Evaluation

Which Step is it?

Here you have a chance to describe the situation in detail. The main points to include here concern what happened.

• Conclusion

• Evaluation

• Action Plan

• Description

Which Step is it?

Here you can explore any feelings or thoughts that you had during the experience and how they may have impacted the experience.

• Description

• Feelings

• Evaluation

• Action Plan

Which Step is it?

This step is where you have a chance to make sense of what happened. Up until now you have focused on details around what happened in the situation. Now you have a chance to extract meaning from it.

• Analysis

• Evaluation

• Description

• Conclusion

Which stage asks these questions?

• What happened?

• When and where did it happen?

• Who was present?

• Feelings

• Evaluation

• Description

• Analysis

Which stage asks these questions?

• What was good and bad about the experience?

• What went well?

• What didn’t go so well?

• Description

• Action Plan

• Evaluation

• Conclusion

Which stage asks these questions?

• Why did things go well?

• Why didn’t it go well?

• What sense can I make of the situation?

• Analysis

• Evaluation

• Description

• Action Plan