Start with the decision the assessment requires.
Reflection often becomes either a chronological description or an abstract discussion of theory. The difficult work is selecting relevant experience, examining assumptions and showing how learning will affect future practice.
A useful review does not begin by guessing from a short topic. Command words, learning outcomes, marking criteria and required deliverables need to be read together. The same subject can require a very different response at undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral level, and a familiar format may be adapted by a particular institution.
Suitable support
Guidance may organise reflection stages, prompt deeper analysis, connect theory carefully, identify confidential details and review whether the action plan follows from the learning.
Before work begins, the scope should state what will be reviewed, what type of guidance will be supplied, which files control the requirement and what remains the student’s responsibility. This creates a shared reference point for communication, delivery and any later revision request.