Action5
Reflect on how you performed
Write a structured reflection on your own performance: strengths, obstacles you overcame and what you would do differently.
| Topic | Evidence | Potential benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | ||
| Motivation | est. |
How sure is this?
- Goals
Reflecting on how you performed may help you get more done.
- A meta-analysis without both a risk-of-bias check and a publication-bias test.
Benefit size from Looking back at recent events lifted performance by about a quarter, against people who had no review.
- Motivation
It's too early to say whether reflecting on how you performed helps with motivation. Studies disagree.
- A meta-analysis without both a risk-of-bias check and a publication-bias test.
- One star off: the studies disagree.
Benefit size from Online training plus daily app diaries may help students manage time better., against students who got nothing.
What 7 studies found
- HelpedTestedIn 38 studies, a programme that taught children to plan, watch progress and reflect helped their language test scores.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
- HelpedTestedIn 11 studies, a programme that taught children to plan, watch progress and reflect helped their maths test scores.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
- No differenceTestedIn 18 studies, a programme made no clear difference to how sure children were of their abilities.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
- No differenceTestedIn 14 studies, a programme made no clear difference to children's interest and drive to learn.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
- HelpedTestedAcross 92 studies, students in online and blended courses scored better on tests after getting the support.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
- HelpedTestedAcross 42 studies, prompts to plan, check and reflect helped students learn more than getting no prompts did.
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Review
- HelpedTestedAcross 25 studies, prompts made students plan, check and reflect more while they learned.
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Review
- HelpedTestedPrompting people to review their goals helped them feel more able to eat well.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
- HelpedTestedAcross 46 samples, looking back at events and getting feedback helped people do better at work.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Review
- HelpedTested
Paper
- HelpedTestedStudents who judged their own work used study strategies a bit more than students who did not.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
- HelpedTestedStudents who judged their own work felt much more capable than other students, though the gain is less certain.
Whole programmes were tested, so no single part can be credited
Mixes trials with other kinds of study
Signs that small negative studies went unpublished
Review
Often used with it
Action5
Track your progress
Log, tick off or record what you did (self-monitoring).
Rule · how6
Get feedback on your progress
Feedback from a person, app or device on progress.
Action5
Learn better study strategies
Learn techniques for rehearsing, organising and checking your understanding of study material.
