Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.

1) Poorly Stated Goals 2) Goal Setting Worksheet

Objective: The student will be able to develop well written goals: 1) will be able to explain the five criteria of a well written goal; 2) will be able to evaluate goals for these criteria.

Activity: Poorly Stated Goals. After reviewing the five conditions of a good goal, have students complete the activity sheet, 'Poorly Stated Goals'. For each goal which is not well developed, ask students to rewrite it in an acceptable way. Poorly Stated Goals: Remember that all goals must meet five conditions in order to be effective: 1. A good goal must be conceivable. 2. A good goal must be possible for the person setting it. 3. A good goal must be controllable. 4. A good goal must be measurable. 5. A good goal must be stated with no alternative. Write the condition which is not met in each of the following goals, making each a poorly stated goal. Write 'yes' next to each goal which meets all five conditions. 1. I will do my homework tonight. _____ 2. I will win the U.S. Open Golf Tournament by June 30. _____ 3. Tonight, I will either take out the garbage or watch TV before 10 P.M. _____ 4. By the time I am twenty-one, I will discover something that will revolutionize the world. _____ 5. I will invite Cathy over on Friday. _____ 6. I will get an A on my science test on Friday. _____ 7. I will get up in time to get to school by 8:15 on Monday morning. _____ 8. I will buy my mother the neatest Mother's Day gift. _____ 9. By 3:00 this afternoon, I will invite Cathy to my party. _____ 10. I will be picked to be captain of something this year. _____ Make up a poorly stated goal to share with the class. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Assessment: Student scores on the paper indicate their mastery of the objective.