Data-Driven Goal Setting
Helping Students Set S.M.A.R.T Goals
Warm Up: Turn & Talk
If a person doesn’t have a goal, can they “fail?” Can they “succeed?”
Activity #1: Why should students set goals?
Discuss these questions in your table groups. Add your thoughts to the Padlet link below.
What does the research say?
“giving people specific goals to achieve rather than telling them to do their best increases their motivation (see Locke & Brian 1966, Brian & Locke, 1967; Locke & Latham, 2002)”
“After a 4 month period, students who successfully completed the goalsetting intervention displayed significant improvements in academic performance (30% increase in average) compared to the control group.”
“(students setting their own goals) can improve students’ learning and motivation (Zimmerman, 1990)”
“when students set their own goals, they take responsibility and ownership of their learning goals”
“While students with high achievement motivation performed equally well in both goal conditions, selfset goals enhanced the performances of students with low achievement motivation.”
“Results of this study showed a significant correlation between student goal setting, persistence and language learning achievement (Moeller, Theiler, & Wu, 2012)”
Sources:
Article #1: Setting Goals: Who, Why, How?
Article #2: Goal Setting and Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Study
Article #3: WHY is Goal Setting Important?