Growth or achievement goals: Which type motivates students more?
When it comes to setting academic goals for kids, which type motivates students more: growth-based or achievement-based?
While HISD encourages its teachers to set growth-based goals for students, the answer really depends on each individual child. HISD’s Professional Support and Development department explores that question and more in the second installment of its planning video series.
The goal-setting process starts with an assessment of a given student’s starting point, an analysis of their previous academic growth data, and a consideration of developmentally appropriate growth ranges for someone that age, but empowering students in that process is critical.
“They’re going to be responsible for their own learning,” said Shearn Elementary School teacher Edgar Jimenez. “They can measure what is happening…and they can see that they are growing during the school year.”
To learn more about the planning video series, please see this related article from the Nov. 22 edition of eNews. To see all planning videos, visit the PSD website. A downloadable flyer (.pdf) containing step-by-step instructions on this topic is also available.
