Step Into Student Goal Setting: A Path to Growth, Motivation, and Agency

by Chase Nordengren

Using Goals to Amplify Student Learning

Step Into Student Goal Setting  provides an action plan for answering the What does this student know and how do I build from it?

Research-driven and practical, this guide shows teachers how to integrate formative assessment, student metacognition, and motivational strategies to make goal setting an integral instructional strategy. Author Chase Nordengren weaves research and case studies with practical strategies to demonstrate how goal setting, with clear learning intentions and plenty of scaffolded support by teachers, can lead to high learning growth and student agency.

Readers will
Actionable strategies for incorporating goal setting in instructional practice
Tips for using goals as motivational strategies to drive learning growth
Guidance on how to coach students through setting their own goals - recalibrating and celebrating along the way
Vignettes and examples to demonstrate what goal setting looks like in the classroomBy demonstrating how to set, monitor, and evaluate goals, this guide equips teachers with the tools they need to help students take ownership of their learning journeys.

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 21, 2021

Reviews

[Jodi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Required reading for work. It has some good points about helping students set goals to motivate them to learn but it is also one more thing I need to do as a teacher that parents used to do. Also, it doesn't really address students who are not motivated. I can keep trying and help students.........

I loved the story about why we think 10,000 steps today is out goal because of a pedometer made in 1965 that was called 10,000 steps because the character for 10,000 looks like a person walking. Too funny!