Goal Setting

Step 1. Create a personal plan for improvement that indicates specific steps you will take to achieve your desired improvement goals. How will you work toward these goals?

How will you measure whether you have improved or not? Write your plan in a form other

than an essay (i.e. bullet points, steps, etc.).

Example: Make specific goals for yourself regarding desiredoutcomes for this course. What is your goal for a grade?

Your goal for learning specific knowledge or skills? Define at least two goals for this course.

Step 2. The next step is to break down each goal into goal behaviors. These are the specific behaviors that will allow you to achieve each goal in Step 1.

Examples of goal behaviors might include 100 percent attendance, taking good class notes every day, reading assigned chapters before class, outlining chapters, writing definitions of new words, participating in class discussions, setting specific study times for exams, answering end-of-chapter questions, or completing Workbook assignments. Define a minimum of four goal behaviors that will lead to the achievement of each goal in Step 1.