A reflection prompt asks the student something open-ended, where there is no right answer and nothing should count towards a grade. Exit tickets, "what surprised you" prompts, a prediction before a lesson, a confidence check-in.
The new editor has no separate Reflection block. You build one with a Long Answer question set to 0 marks. This is exactly what Mindjoy does for you when it converts a legacy lesson, so a reflection you already wrote in the legacy editor comes across as a zero-mark Long Answer.
Setting one up
1. Type /long, or pick Long Answer from the + menu.
2. Type your prompt in the question field.
3. Use the - control in the bottom right to take the marks down to 0. The block now contributes nothing to the student's grade.
4. Leave the mark scheme empty. There is nothing to mark against.
Writing a prompt worth answering
Reflection prompts work best when they are specific to the lesson but personal in framing. Compare:
Generic: "What did you learn?"
Specific: "What surprised you most about how plants make their own food?"
The specific one gets you better responses, because students have something concrete to grab onto.
Where to put them
Exit ticket: at the end of a lesson, one prompt to surface what actually stuck.
Pre-lesson hook: right at the start, a prediction the lesson then resolves.
Mid-lesson confidence check: after a tricky idea, "How confident are you with this so far?" tells you whether to push on or go back.
Metacognition: "What strategy worked best when you got stuck?" builds the habit of noticing how they think.
Reading the responses
Responses are saved with the rest of the student's submission and appear in the Block Detail Drawer alongside every other question. Scan them for understanding, pull a good one out to read to the class, or use them as the opening for a follow-up discussion. See The Block Detail Drawer: per-student responses.
Still working in the legacy editor? It has a dedicated Reflection block. See Adding a Reflection Block.