Last year I was presenting a workshop for parents in my hometown and was surprised to see a particular father in the audience. His kids were clearly successful, always earning well-deserved academic ...

Teachers can use these ideas to coach students on how to stay focused and deepen their learning outside of whole group ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How can we use goal-setting with our students? Please share your thoughts in the comments or, if you prefer, feel free to email them to me. You can also send ...

Turns out there is. In a study conducted by Gail Matthews of Dominican University, participants were assigned to one of five groups: Group 1 thought about their goals. Group 2 wrote down their goals. ...

Could you be setting better ones? Source: Bronski Beat/Flickr I’ve always found the idea of setting goals appealing. But—and I hate to admit this—it has been years since I set real goals for myself, ...

Goal setting is one of many psychological strategies that can help athletes achieve peak performances. The process of setting goals not only influences athletes’ performances, but it’s linked to ...

Years ago, my boss, who's the vice president of human resources at our company, asked me to write my goals for the year. Having never had any training in, and no real reason for, writing professional ...