Importance of Setting Goals for Students

This assignment explains the importance of setting goals for students in universities. It discusses how setting goals can help students pay more attention to their studies, utilize resources effectively, and improve their survival skills and employment opportunities. It also explores methods to remember knowledge, such as using visual aids, participating in group discussions, practicing, relating new materials to existing knowledge, and writing by hand.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
1.Importance of setting goal for students.....................................................................................3
2. Methods to remember knowledge............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Each person has own objectives and goals and individual work hard to meet that
objectives. If these short and long term goals are met successfully then it may help person in
gaining success in academics and getting more development opportunities in near future.
Current assignment will explain importance of setting goals and short or long term goal for the
students of Universities.
MAIN BODY
1.Importance of setting goal for students
Goal can be defined as fundamental principle to get long term success in academics.
Setting goal supports learner in paying more attention on their process or pattern to study in
University and making changes in it to get success in near future. This helps students in
utilising resources in effective manner so that individual can finish their study of all subjects on
time. Goals make the person accountable towards gaining success (The importance of setting
goals for students, 2018).
Goal setting is very important for students to move forward in their career. By this way
person can plan things and can arrange it in specific manner so that future long term goal can be
accomplished. Students their specific objective which prepare for their adult hood and they
become . By this way they can get more experience and can use these experiences for their
developments. Goal setting improves survival skills of students and enhance their abilities to get
more employment opportunities (On The Importance Of Goal Setting: 6 Reasons Why You Need To
Set Goals, 2019).
It is helpful for the learners because they get motivation and way of carrying out their
activities so that their personalities can be improved. If they have proper goal they can be more
aware towards their actions. This which aids them to get more score in their studies. Whenever
person makes goal then individual how to reach to that goal hence goal helps students in
transforming mountains into easy hills on which individual can walk easily. It gives practical
guidelines to move ahead the lacking areas within person and working to improve these areas.
Short term goal -To get high scores, grade in their academics which will help an individual to
achieve their career goals more effectively. To improve their skills by getting guidance from
teachers and mentors and learning new skills so that the performance can be enhanced. Buying
the expensive cars, bike and phones for parents and self. To get an overall performer award and

become more capable. Gaining top scores in the whole academics and receiving appreciation
from the tutors and parents as well.
Long term goal- To get employment in big firm at the top position and getting hike in the
career further. To earn more money and established career in the huge companies & becoming
millionaire. All dreams could be easily accomplished by placing setting this long term goals.
Having an bungalows at various countries and becoming a business with huge company.
2. Methods to remember knowledge
By visual Aids
This able to transmit messages much faster and improves the use of the visual aids as it
can such as students can try use visual aids such as photos, documentaries, instructional videos,
charts and maps to increase the power of learning. As per the study researcher found that
students who can use the visual association have better recall as compare to those students has
had simple learn the things (HOAR, 2015).
Participate within group discussions
Discussing is a great process as it forces to remember the process regarding material. It
represents that group discussion able to increase the engagement of the students that can turn
benefits as it helps from long term retention. So students can try whenever possible they try to
If students are not studying within traditional as well as not discussing face to face and group
discussions can also takes place by web conferencing services, online forums (Ulrey, Mission
2016).
Put into practice
Practice makes the man perfect. Putting all learning into the practice consider crucial for
cementing within their brain. Due to this they creates neutral pathways within brain. Every time
they them within practical way. For example of a students learning a new language for that
individuals practice through find the native speakers for conversation, watching foreign
language movies. Also for becoming good photographer people need to click picks every day.
While teaching other of the students than they study. So teaching is considered as the best way
to learn by yourself. Students who teach others are remembered plenty of new concepts (HOAR,
2015).
Relate new materials to what already know by student

One of the best way of learning new is to stick to connect it with the memory that is
already learn earlier. The scholars explain that if the knowledge is accessible and available than
it becomes easier to retain the new data or information (Ulrey, Mission 2016).
Write by their hand
One of the effective way to learn things by heart is to write the things by hand as
nowadays students prefer to type rather than write as writing through hand needed more efforts
as well takes longer time as compare to the typing that can forces to brain to engage fully with
new materials (Ulrey, Mission, 2016).
CONCLUSION
From the above study it had been concluded that Goal setting prepare students ready to
face difficulties of actual market. Goal setting helps in developing their time management,
solving skills problem finds the way and make planing career and analyses work to improve
these areas. Long term goal and Short term goal get employment in big firm improve their skills
by getting guidance to improve information By using the visual helps to recognizes the
information more easily participate within group and gain the new information. practice a skill
focuses on new piece information while Teaching others makes the concept more clear and
more accurate information. It also focused on write the things by hand needed more efforts and
consider as more effective ways to learn and recognize something.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
HOAR, B., 2015. A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF BALI NINE CASE IN SOME
SELECTED WEBSITES (Doctoral dissertation, STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE).
Ulrey, E., Mission 2016.Study Leaders II ere for Convene• January Workshop to.
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The importance of setting goals for students. 2018. [Online]. Available through <
https://www.newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/importance-setting-goals-students>
On The Importance Of Goal Setting: 6 Reasons Why You Need To Set Goals. 2019. [online]. Available
through < https://www.keepinspiring.me/why-you-need-to-set-goals/>

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