Goal Orientation

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Goal Orientation

• The point of Education

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Goals

• What are academic goals?
• The it that you want
• Achievement of the desired outcome
• The difference between education baby-sitting
• Effectiveness of Goals
• Directs Attention helps you focus
• Mobilizes Effort you set your alarm clock
• Increases Persistence you keep showing up
• Promotes Invention you simply find a way up
  the mountain

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Types of Goals

• Learning Goals
• Mastery orientation
• Improve understanding
• Task-Involved Learners
• Risk-takers
• Comments taken as feedback
• Cooperative with other learners
• Lost in their work
• Personally responsible

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Types of Goals

• Performance Goals
• Comparison orientation
• Judge quality of work by others work
• Ego-Involved learners
• Risk-Avoiders
• Comments taken as criticism
• Competitive with other learners
• Parades successes hides failures
• Many excuses
• Most likely to cheat, use short cuts, etc.

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Types of Goals

• Work Avoidant
• School is a game
• Object is to do as little as possible
• Wallflower
• Its is Christmas and you dont know name
• Avoids eye contact
• Sits on edges of classroom
• Slouches in their seat
• Does nothing but the minimum required

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Types of Goals

• Social Goals
• School is a way to make/maintain friends
• Dont let school get in the way of an education
• Socialite
• Prefers Hanging out
• Active in one or more clubs, sports, etc.
• Manipulator/leader
• Friends more important than school work