Plan phase
Planning for success
Achieving success with SRL and a growth mindset requires knowing your priorities and setting goals.
During the reflect phase you outlined your priorities. Now, with these priorities in mind, you can set your goals. In the plan phase you will chart your course to attaining your goals through:
- Deciding on strategies
- Planning your time
- Identifying resources you need
What is a SMART goal?
In this section, you will develop and refine brainstormed goals and transform them into actionable statements that you will be able to work toward during this course. Your brainstormed goals will become SMART ones.
People who set SMART goals are more likely to achieve their target. Let’s take a look at the components of SMART goals. Transcript (.pdf, 11kb).
Complete ACTIVITY 5 to identify, define, and refine your SMART goals.
This process will help you clarify and refine your goals to make them more achievable.
Planning involves identifying strategies and developing a plan and schedule to achieve your goals you set in the reflect phase. To develop a plan, you will decide on strategies, plan your time, and identify the resources you need. By defining and refining your goals they will become more achievable.
Self-regulated learning can be achieved through the SRL cycle. The SRL cycle allows you to take strategic control of how you approach your goals and be prepared and willing to face any challenges and seize any opportunities that might arise as you work to make your goals your reality. SRL is achieved in three phases: reflect, plan, and act. Ideally, you should repeat this cycle multiple times as you create goals and tackle challenges.
The belief that your basic abilities can be developed and cultivated through hard work and dedication. Someone with a growth mindset views their basic skills and talents as a starting point, therefore creating a love of learning and resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Great learners are made, not born.
SMART goals can be used in all aspects of your life and allow you to develop your goals into actionable statements that you can work towards, rather than goals that seem overwhelming or difficult. There are five components to a SMART goal: Specific, Measurable, Accountable, Reachable, and Time Specific.
