topic 2 : GOAL SETTING AND LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Goal setting and learning management system

In this topic, it will be discuss about goal setting. What is goal? Goal is a target that what we want to achieve. Goals are first priority in personal life or academic because it will help you to think positive in what you do and score in exam. If you think you have a little chances when you were already set some goals but those goals were realistic. In university, you actually can upgrade your academic performance with learning to set goals that motivate you to do well and more chance for success.

Characteristics of your goals that must be set

1. Goals should be self-chosen

2. Goals should be moderately challenging

3. Goals should be realistic

4. Goals should be measurable

5. Goals should be specific

6. Goals should be finite

7. Goals should be positive

Short term and long term goals

A few students have a long term goals but not a short term goals in their mind set. Short term goals will help you to achieve your target for the future and it will help you to set long term goals. Short term goals, it about what you set in your mind for an hour, a day, a week, a month or it can be in a semester. Long term goals, it is an objective for what you set in mind in a years, a decade.

Academic and personal goals

To keep your academic and personal goals balance is hard but it is important in university. Academic goals in about what are you set in your mind for what you do in university. In university, you must start to learn set your study goals. It will help you to achieve your academic goals. Personal goals is what you do in your life like sporting events, making new friends and a few more.

Set goals for the new semester

The first three week, you must start to set your new goals and start to use specific strategies to achieve what your goals.

Students don`t know what to change and how to change. It will happen to everyone that get in university from high school. In university, the learning way are totally difference in high school learning way. Most of the students is thinking that what they have do isn`t working. The students don`t think the change will help. Most of the students start to set a new strategies in university but they think it could be worth. And most of the students don`t use the strategies correctly. They just want to see if it will work or not.

Learn how to calculate your GPA

You need to consider how the grade you earn in each course contributes to your overall grade point average (GPA). Learn how to calculate GPA will help you to set a better goals.

Writing effective goal statements

Use five-step approach:-

1. Write down what you want to accomplish

2. Write down any obstacles

3. Write down any resources available to you

4. Review and revise your tentative goal statement

5. Polish your goal statement

In this topic, I have to present to another students what I want to accomplish with. It is hard to me because I never do it before but when I do it help me a little bit. Maybe I will do it again in this semester to get my goals for this semester.