Goal Setting and Self regulation

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Goal Setting and Self- regulation

• Susan Helldorfer
• Leonardtown Elementary
• SMCPS

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Can a student with poor work habits and study
habits set personal achievement goals and be
successful?Under what conditions is this most
likely to happen?
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Can an underachieving student raise his report
card grade through goal setting and self
monitoring?
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The Literature Says

• Goals provide a form of motivation to perform
  well on given tasks
• Providing rewards for successful completion of
  goals is also and effective motivational approach

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Its all about desire

• Linskie (1977) "Motivation is generally described
  as the desire to achieve a goal that has value
  for the individual."

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One Critical Piece

• The perceived ability of the learner to achieve
  the goal is necessary for successful goal
  setting.
• Consequently, individual goals are more effective
  than on goal for all students. Punnett (1986)

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Because Unreasonable Goals

• Prevent students from becoming what they can be
• Establishing reasonable goals provide children
  with feelings of happiness and completeness and
  allows children to be themselves. (Hart 1989)

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Students are interested

• In the things they plan themselves. They work
  much harder on self-made goals than they ever
  would on the expectations of someone else.
• "Successful teachers seem to have a special
  ability to involve students in goal setting, in
  identifying with the learning problem, and in
  generating a kind of sense of personal excitement
  for new ideas." linskie 97

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Its what we all want...

• Students who feel they have self efficacy
  (competence or power) to attain a goal show
  greater effort and persistence that those who
  lack it. (Cauley, Linder McMillian 1989)
• The school should assist children in developing
  goals for themselves we should reinforce these
  same goals. The school may be the only source for
  goal development for some children.

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Goal Setting Properties Include

• Specificity
• Difficulty level
• Proximity

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One last reminder

• Goalsetting yields positive results in motivating
  pupils' learning. (Madden 1997)

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"What is an effective way to motivate students to
learn?"

• The use of individual goal setting accompanied
  with appropriate feedback and teacher support
  tend to be very effective approaches to motivate
  students to learn.

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Goal Setting Write your goal. ____________________
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Activities List your Strengths _______________
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_________ _______________________ What obstacles
might you face? How will you overcome your
obstacles? ________________________ _____________
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Sample Journal Entries from 4th 5th Grade
Intervention Students

• I have been studying my notes for 20 minutes
  everyday. I have turned in all my classwork.
• I keep all my homework in one place
• I did all of my homework and I listen in class to
  what my teacher says about tall tales and to take
  it out of my folder
• My goal is doing good. When I was leaving to go
  home, Mrs. Hall said my reading grade has
  improved.
• I am doing good. I pay more attention. When I
  make eye contact I know what to do. When I look
  over my work, I get better grades. Now Im doing
  better.

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• For my hows, Im doing really good by doing all
  of my homework and if I didnt get the homework I
  would take it to the teacher for help. I dont
  really have to do that any more because I pay
  attention in class.
• Last week I did most of my homework. I listened
  to the teacher and she said she was impressed by
  my grades. Now I will also stay in my chair.
• Im reading harder books about snakes and
  reptiles about 30 minutes each night
• Im doing good with my goal of improving grades
  because if I make honor roll my mom said she
  would get me a PSP aka play station Portable. Now
  Ive been working even harder to improve my
  grades. Just last week, I got 100 on my
  vocabulary quiz.