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Setting learning goals
Learning to Learn · Learning to Learn · ages 10-11
Name ______________________ Date ____________
After choosing a learning goal, what helps turn it into action?
Plan practice steps and times that fit your week
Wait until the check date before deciding how to practise
Tell other people the goal without choosing any practice
Which of these is a specific learning goal?
By Friday, get better at maths in some way
By Friday, know all my 7-times tables
By Friday, try harder in class at everything
On check day, you should say you reached your goal even when your checked result is below its stated target.
Circle one: TrueFalse
Leo wants a reading-practice goal with a daily page target, a clear practice period and a check date. Which plan includes all three?
Read more than usual from Tuesday through Thursday, then check on Thursday whether I feel I read enough.
Read 20 pages each day from Tuesday through Thursday, then check my record on Thursday.
Try to enjoy reading more from Tuesday through Thursday, then decide on Thursday whether reading felt better.
Emma starts her plan on Monday and her goal deadline is Friday. Counting both Monday and Friday, how many days does she have to work on her plan?
Answer: ______________
Maya's target is all 12 answers correct on her Friday 7-times-table check. She gets 6 correct. What should she do?
Report that all 12 are secure because getting 6 right counts as reaching the full target
Report that she has not reached the target and review her practice
Replace every part of the plan immediately without reviewing the answers she missed
Priya planned spelling practice every day for a week. She recorded every session, and her complete record shows two sessions. Which review uses that record without guessing why it happened?
My target must have been unsuitable because a missed session always proves the target needs replacing.
I followed the plan as intended because any two sessions count as practising every day of the week.
I practised twice, so I'll investigate what got in the way before adjusting my plan.
Tom says, 'I want to be the best at maths in my class by the end of term.' What must he clarify to make the result checkable?
What measure 'best at maths' will mean
Which classmate he expects to finish ahead of
Which reward he wants after the end-of-term check
Answer key
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Plan practice steps and times that fit your week · A plan identifies practice actions and times. The goal alone does not specify those steps.
By Friday, know all my 7-times tables · 'By Friday, know all my 7-times tables' names what to learn and when to check. The other goals do not name a particular skill.
False · Compare the result with the target and report what the check shows.
Read 20 pages each day from Tuesday through Thursday, then check my record on Thursday. · The 20-page plan names the daily amount, includes Tuesday through Thursday, and sets Thursday for checking the record.
5 · Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: that's 5 days to work through her plan.
Report that she has not reached the target and review her practice · Six correct falls short of the stated target of 12. Reviewing practice can inform what to continue or adjust.
I practised twice, so I'll investigate what got in the way before adjusting my plan. · Priya's record shows a difference from the plan. It does not yet explain the obstacle or establish the best adjustment.
What measure 'best at maths' will mean · The goal has a check time but no defined measure of 'best'. Class rankings can be measured when a measure is specified.