Importance of Setting Academic Goals for Enhancing Performance

PURSING A VISION
THROUGH ACADEMIC
GOALS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Academic goal refers to the educational objectives which is to be carried by the person in
respect of setting some goal for themselves. The goal can be long terms and short term. In
context of short terms goal, it mainly related to the goal which is set for short time period such as
understanding the specific topic or getting higher score and in case of long term goal, it mainly
related to be achieved for the longer time period (Friel, 2018). The importance of the academic
goal is that it helps the student to enhances their skills and knowledges regarding pertaining to
particular activity and gain experiences from their previous learning.
MAIN BODY
Setting goal is the fundamental action to set the goal to achieve long term success.
Through setting the goal, it helps the student to focus on their education and provide the way to
collect the information which is useful for the academic study. In these resources, time and
interest in the particular subject is the major criteria to achieve success and also motivates them
when they feel down regarding not carrying the academic performances in better way (Zakariah,
Hashim and Musa, 2018). Thus, in such manner, it is stated that setting goal is important as it
helps in providing the right path and also set the common objectives through making the notes or
setting the time to accomplish task within the set time limit. Through this manner, the resources
are to be utilized in right manner and also they can learn new things in life.
Some important short term and long term goal for the university student is that in respect
of short term goal it is stated that once the teacher taught in the class, the notes are to be prepared
and then refer to the teacher within a week to resolve the queries raised. Setting the time period
such as within three days the chapter is to be completed (Smith, 2019). The short term goal is to
understand the learning of different field and also grabbing the knowledge by personally
interacting with them. In case of long term goal, it is stated that by focusing on making the self-
improvement through verifying the changes and then implementing such changes in ourself
(Long-Term and Short-Term Goals, 2020). The long term goal is to be set regarding making the
practice of studying in the early morning so that at the end of the year, they can learn all the
chapters. At the end of the semester, it is necessary that the resources and time which is set to
complete all the activities are to be gained through effective management. The long term goal
which is set is relating to scoring higher score to get the best colleges and for that particular time