An Enhanced Formative Assessment and Self–Regulated Learning Program: From the Classroom to the Workplace

Effective instruction in the classroom and training⁄evaluation in the workplace have been the focus of countless approaches and claims, not all of them contained within a complete theory of learning or substantiated with the appropriate research. This article will describe an Enhanced Formative Assessment Program that uses the self–regulated learning (SRL) model. SRL teaches students and workers to become more efficient and effective learners through a three stage cyclical process. The first planning stage teaches the learner how to set goals, select appropriate strategies, and make efficacy judgments. The second practice stage teaches them how to monitor their progress in real time. And the third evaluation stage allows learners to measure how close they came to achieving their goal, and more importantly, sets the stage for the next SRL cycle so that they can make additional progress. We will more fully describe the model and the research that supports its efficacy in the classroom as well as its potential applications to the workplace.