Step into student goal setting : a path to growth, motivation, and agency / Chase Nordengren.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Two revolutions in learning -- What good goals look like -- Start early and keep it up: Setting goals for all students -- Build the habit -- Showcase success through balanced assessment -- Create personal relevance -- Use student choice to support autonomy -- Conclusion: A vision for the goal setting classroom.

"Setting the Path: Using Goals to Drive Learning for Students looks to provide a research-driven, practical guide for K-12 teachers introducing student goal setting practices into their instruction. It will integrate the broader fields of formative assessment practice, student metacognition, and effective motivational strategies to understand why goal setting in particular is an instructional strategy associated with high levels of student growth. Using a variety of artifacts and comments directly from teachers, it will provide the reader scaffolding to understand what goal setting can look like, while still underlining the importance of making a goal setting practice unique to the needs of your school and individual students. This text will guide educators in how to set, monitor, and evaluate student goals that build student motivation and enhance academic culture. By exploring research, case studies, and classroom artifacts, the reader will be guided through the process of planning a goal setting process that meets the needs of their students, provides opportunities for students to own their learning, and introduces formative assessment information to conversations with both students and families"-- Provided by publisher.