9+Reflect

=**Reflect**=

====In the final phase of participatory action research, “Reflect,” the research facilitator takes some time with the students to think about their PAR work. This can be done with students individually, but is more effective if students can meet in person or participate on a conference call. There are four steps that you can take to help students during this last phase of research:====

**Assess the response to PAR**: Ask students to think about the comments or feedback people had about their PAR work. Did people respond as students wanted them to? If not, why not?


====**Decide if plans need to change**: Check in to see if students are still happy with the plans they made to address their recommendations. If they want to make changes to their plans, help them to decide how to proceed with those changes.====

====**Celebrate the team’s accomplishments**: Most importantly, acknowledge with students the work they did to perform this research. They not only reported on experiences or issues, but took action to discuss and address problems. Whatever the results of their PAR experience, acknowledge the time, effort, and thought that students put into their research.====

Shaded box: In Massachusetts, students worked with Think College staff to prepare a Think College brief about their PAR experience. Click here to locate Insight Brief #5: Think, Hear, See, Believe College...... Students Using Participatory Action Research to Document College: http://www.thinkcollege.net/publications/insight-briefs.