Importance of Setting Goals for Students

This essay discusses the importance of setting goals for students and how it can improve their learning skills. It explores the concept of short term and long term goals and provides methods for students to remember new information for a long period of time.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Discuss the importance of setting goals. Some important short term as well as long term goals
for the students............................................................................................................................3
Some methods with the help of which student can improve how they can remember new
information for a long period of time.........................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
Books & Journals........................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Goals or objectives plays very important role for a student as it assist them in order to
accomplish their future task. Academic goals refers to the objective which is associated with
educational success (Schleussner and et. al., 2016). Short term goals are something which can
easily be accomplished in a near future whereas long term goals requires more time and
planning. In the present report, importance of setting goals and objectives are going to be
discussed along with some methods so that learning skills will be improved of a student in an
effective and appropriate manner.
MAIN BODY
Discuss the importance of setting goals. Some important short term as well as long term goals for
the students.
Setting goals for a student is quite essential part as clear goals is very important to attain
desired results. Academic goals considered as an essential performance targets which will assist
the student in order to forward their educational progression. It is said that setting academic goals
aid students in attaining and achieving goals and objectives throughout their academic careers. It
has also been analysed that academic goals assist a student in getting clear picture about what
they want to attain in their near future (Munshi and et. al., 2016. ). With the help of developing
goals, it is said that students become more motivated and encouraged in order to accomplish their
goals and objectives in an effective manner. There are generally two main types of academic
goals which are short term as well as long term goals.
In context of short term goals, it has been said that such goals can effectively be
completed or accomplished by a student within a short period of time duration. These are the
goals with the help of which a university student will be able to accomplish their short term goals
and objectives in an effective manner. For instance, a university student decides to complete an
assignment and gain higher grades within a week. For this, student is required to develop some
strategies so that they can attain their short term goals in an effective manner. One of the most
positive effect of attaining short term goals on a student is that they become more encouraged
and motivated which leads towards to attain long term goals (Steca and et. al., 2016).
On the other hand, long term goals refers to those which needs to be accomplished or
attained by a student at the end of semester or before graduation. It has also been analysed that

long term goals are generally based on performance. Apart from this, SMART objective is
developed by students so that they can attain long term as well as short terms goals in an
effective manner. With the aid of developing long & short term goals, students will be able to
generate various benefits so that they can improve their knowledge and learning for a longer
duration of time period (Kriegler and et. al., 2018).
Some methods with the help of which student can improve how they can remember new
information for a long period of time.
Human minds are one of the most innovative sources of all time . It can be truly said that
minds of humans are cognitive in nature. When it comes to students , at their age minds are
confusing and at developing stage. Information is of different attributes. It depends on individual
how he/she remember all those things. Each student has different ways of storing information
because everyone have unique characteristics. Also it is very common to forget information
when it is new and in learning process (Collie and et. al., 2016). Students minds took time to
grab something and store information in their memory. Memory is of two type long term as well
as short term memory which is used by students.
When student is in learning process it is casual to forgot what is being learnt. Another
important thing while feeding information in minds of the student is their perception. Synapse, a
bridge between neuron and muscles cells which helps to store a information in brain for longer
period of time. If synapse is strengthened, longer the information will be stored. So, basically
there are various methods used by students to store the information in brain. Some of the most
essential method which is mainly adopted by students are going to be discussed as follows: Brainstorming and Group learning: Brainstorming refers to sharing of ideas in a group
and listening each idea carefully. This process helps in thought process as well as student
become more active. Group learning is the best way to recall things. It is often seen that
student recall and store information in the brain for longer period of time when this
strategy is used. Both brainstorming and group learning are longer process but are
mostly used by everyone.
 Cues: Another most effective long last strategy is cue. Cues refers to remembering
things in form of some particular words , examples, songs, videos etc. The most easy and
best solution for the students. This helps for long last because student easily recall things
which they they regularly see or use (del Mar Ferradás and et. al., 2016). So,

information can be relate to those things and and it become easy for students to
remember what they are learning,
CONCLUSION
As per the above stated report, it has been identified that it is very essential for a student
to set some goals which can be short term as well as long term. This will aid them in performing
their work in an effective and motivated manner. Along with this, it has also been examined that
setting goals is very important as it encourage a student for achieve higher grade in the semester.
Academic goals aid individuals in enhancing their learning so that they can accomplish their
academic careers in an effective manner.

References
Books & Journals
Collie, R. J., and et. al., 2016. Students' interpersonal relationships, personal best (PB) goals, and
academic engagement. Learning and Individual Differences. 45. pp.65-76.
del Mar Ferradás, M., and et. al., 2016. Academic goals and self-handicapping strategies in
university students. The Spanish journal of psychology, 19.
Kriegler, E., and et. al., 2018. Short term policies to keep the door open for Paris climate goals.
Environmental Research Letters. 13(7). p.074022.
Munshi, M. N., and et. al., 2016. Management of diabetes in long-term care and skilled nursing
facilities: a position statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes care.
39(2). pp.308-318.
Schleussner, C. F., and et. al., 2016. Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement
temperature goal. Nature Climate Change. 6(9). pp.827-835.
Steca, P., and et. al., 2016. The effects of short-term personal goals on subjective well-being.
Journal of Happiness Studies. 17(4). pp.1435-1450.