Thinking about learning

Did the student achieve their results at the end of the year? Was motivation a critical factor in achieving better results? Did it work and how can we do better next time? In most cases it worked. Two students in year twelve got excellence for all their  unit standards and wrote externals,. The were very reluctant-and unmotivated to write externals. and tried their best to avoid it. However , they turn up and did wrote the externals. The rest of the class all got 14 credits were  My big focus was on the Year 11 class. There were many challenging students and it took lots of patience, strategies and motivation to get results At the end of the year most got 23 credits with three writing externals and we are hoping for merit endorsements from two.I spend lots of time disciplining and motivation students. The best strategy was to work one on one, that was very time consuming. However, 4 achieve  no credits and two others didn't het their numeracy. Attendance was a big issue w...

 Setting goals is the biggest motivator. Students write their goals down in MYMAHI. At the end of the year, most students who wrote down their goals achieve them. Students who did't write them down didn't achieve. SIMPLE. Write down your goals. Then ask WHY? What will change if you achieve your goals? This is the fuel that make you chase and complete your goals Constant remind  yourself end review the goals. Write them on the board, Put them on your wallet and screensaver,,on your mirror so every morning the first thing you doo is see your goals. Have a plan to achieve your goals.This is the roadmap and have deadlines. Look for resources that will help you achieve your goals. Rewards yourself afterwards and set new, higher goals. SMARTER goals S PECIFIC M EASURE A TTANIABLE R EALISTIC T IME E XTEND R EWARD