Effective teachers use a variety of strategies. They do not teach in the same way or use the same methods year after year. They recognize that different students need different ways to understanding. One of the strategies I am trying in my room this year is goal setting! I want my students to be empowered and take more ownership over their own learning experience in third grade. Here is how I do it.
First I use lessons from my Growth Mindset Lessons and Resource pack which includes:
7 detailed lessons and Growth Mindset Expert Notebook/ pages (primary and upper ele. versions)
1. Page One: Timeline or Reflection page on good or bad moments
2. Page Two: Becoming Smarter page with a fictional character scenerio
3. Page Three: The Power of Yet page that encourages kids to set a goal
4. Page Four: Saving Fred page that asks important questions
5. Page Five: Fixed vs Growth mindset quotes page
6. Page Six: Which Mindset Do You Have page is a quiz to find out what mindset you have.
7. Page Seven: Smart Goal Planner Page to create a smart goal
Resources include:
2 Bulletin Boards (The Power of Yet and SMART)
Learning Chains
Turn in Bins (with multiple color/pattern options)
Self Assessment Posters
2 Quote Posters
2 Growth Mindset Posters
2 Fixed Mindset Posters
Gus the Growth Mindset Expert Book (12 Pages)
Fictional Character Sort it (8 characters in color & BW)
Scoot Game with fixed and growth mindset quotes (20 cards in color & BW)
Parent Guide to Growth Mindset (Color & BW)
Next I have a regular scheduled parent/volunteer who comes in weekly to check in with kids on their goals. Once they accomplish a goal. They get to name it and write down the evidence for that achievement. Then hang it on a chain that dangles from their locker. My kiddos are just finishing up their first goals this week and they were so excited to place their first chain on their star. Goals are academic. If they want social/emotional or sports goals. I let them take the goal setting paper home to track it there.
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| I place SMART goals in a small photo album |
Research reveals the positive effects of setting goals and using a growth mindset in the classroom. Here is what to expect:
- The teacher will be exposed to lesson and activity ideas as well as some free tools and resources.
- The teacher will be offered full lesson and activities for a low-cost.
- The teacher can intervene to stimulate the motivation of poorly motivated students (Cook, 2017)
- The learner will increase their awareness on mindset and learn how to persevere through challenging tasks. (Schroder, 2014)
- The learner’s outcomes will be impacted both short and long term (Schimidt, 2016).
- The learner will experience positive effects of personal best goals (Martin, 2006)
References:
Cook, D.A., Castillo, R.M.,Gas, B., &
Artino, A.R. (2017). Measuring achievement goal motivation, mindsets and
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Dweck, Carol (2006). Mindset: The New
Psychology of Success.
Dweck, C. (2015). Growth Mindset,
Revisited. Education Week, 35(5), 24-20.
Hattie, J. (2008).
Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to
achievement. London. UK: Routledge.
Martin, A. J., & Elliot, A.J. (2016). The role of personal best (PB) goal setting in students’ academic achievement gains. Learning & Individual Differences, 45, 222-227.
Schmidt, J., Shumow, L, & Kackar-Cam,
H. (2017). Does Mindset Intervention Predict Students’ Daily Experience in
Classroom? A Comparison of Seventh and Ninth Graders’ Trajectories. Journal of
Youth & Adolescence, 46(3), 582-602.
Schroder, H.S.,.Moran,
T.P., Donnellan, M.B., & Moser, J.S. (2014). Mindset induction effects on
cognitive control: A neurobehavioral investigation. Biological Psychology,
103, 27-37.
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