Setting goals to beat previous efforts improves educational outcomes. And the gains are bigger for disadvantaged students
- Written by Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
ShutterstockSetting goals to try to outdo your previous best effort is known as growth goal setting or personal best goals. It is fundamentally focused on self improvement, such as investing more time or effort in a task than before or striving to achieve a higher result in the next test than the previous one.
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