Goal Setting & Strategic Planning

Think about the things you would like to achieve, obtain or experience in life. Using the criteria and procedure for writing SMART goals, write at least four goals (include at least two major academic goals).

Identify a short-term goal you would like to attain in the next few weeks. Develop a plan for attaining it and write a brief two- to three-page report on the extent of your goal attainment. Use the five-step sequence identified in the chapter as headings in your paper.

References

Schunk, D. H. (1990). Goal setting and self-efficacy during self-regulated learning. Educational Psychologist, 25, 71-86.

Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2002). Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey. American psychologist, 57(9), 705.

Zimmerman, B. J. (2000). Attaining self-regulation: A social cognitive perspective. In Handbook of self-regulation (pp. 13-39). Academic press.