Vol. 1 No. 3
Year: 2008
Issue: November-January
Title: Student Goals: Psychological Perspectives
Author Name: Brent Muirhead, Jennifer Little
Synopsis:
The paper will discuss research insights into student academic goals. Cognitive psychologists have found that effective goal setting procedures involves establishing specific and challenging learning objectives. Students who set difficult goals must be persistent while facing the risk of potential failure that could diminish their intrinsic motivation. Teachers can encourage students to take academic risks by having a supportive classroom climate, creating interesting course work, affirming creative thinking and self-directed goal setting and offering relevant feedback on assignments.
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