The ToddCast - Goal Valuation

Goal Valuation - The best way to combat student underachievement is to have a good understanding of what goal valuation is. Goal valuation is the value a student puts on three goals to determine whether they are going to achieve at the level they are capable of. The three goals are interesting, important, and attainable. For some students, just having one of these is good enough for them to give it a good effort. For other students, they might need a combination of two of these in order to try. The ones most likely to be underachievers are the students who need to feel all three of these goals are valuable before proceeding. We as teachers need to be develop strategies to strengthen the value of these goals in our classrooms.