Closing Commitment

A closing commitment is a specific, concrete action or decision the participant articulates at the end of a learning experience, naming what they will do with what they just learned. Closing commitments are distinct from general reflections ("I learned a lot") in that they name a specific action tied to a specific timeframe. The research on learning transfer, from Robert Dipboye's organizational training work through contemporary formative-assessment research, supports closing-commitment capture as a reliable structural mechanism for translating learning into changed behavior. Exit Ticket is the primary activity designed around closing-commitment capture.