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this year, youre determined to put in some time developing a strategy to improve your grades in the subjects in which youre weak. you know that whatever goal you come up with needs to be realistic and achievable, and you need to approach this one step at a time.
you decide to target just one subject first. you think about which subject challenges you the most and decide to make some plans for how to best work through it.
you want to develop a realistic goal to improve your results. you heard a friend mention how setting smart goals helped improve their performance. you decide to take the same approach. youre familiar with the idea of smart goals, but youve never tried to apply it to any of your own goals yet.
which of the following best describes a smart goal that you could set for improving your performance?
○ ill improve my grade by 10 percent somehow by the time i complete my course.
○ ill work on the subject when i feel like it and hope my grade improves.
○ ill work on the subject every day for one hour for the next month to improve my grade from 75 to 85 percent.
○ i want to be good at the subject someday, so ill work hard and use many apps to practice.
A SMART goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time - bound.
- The first option is not specific about how the grade will be improved, so it lacks the "Specific" and "Measurable" (in terms of action) aspects.
- The second option is not specific, measurable, or time - bound as it depends on when one "feels like it" and has no clear target or time frame.
- The third option: "work on the subject every day for one hour for the next month" is Time - bound (next month), Specific (one hour daily), Measurable (can track the time spent), Achievable (assuming one hour daily is manageable), and Relevant (to improving the grade). The target of improving from 75 to 85 percent is also specific and measurable.
- The fourth option is not time - bound and not specific about what "good at the subject" means or how to measure progress.
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C. I'll work on the subject every day for one hour for the next month to improve my grade from 75 to 85 percent.