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What is the difference between an idea, a plan, and a goal?
Idea- a formulated thought or opinion.
Plan- a detailed formulation of a program of action.
Goal- the result or achievement toward which effort is directed.
The "generation effect" has been identified by neuropsychologists as the increased ability of individuals to remember the material they have made themselves rather than what they have read. By writing down your goals, you have access to the generation effect twice, first, when you think of the idea, and second, when you have put your mental images and thoughts on paper.
Writing goals for ourselves, professionally or personally, takes them from an idea to a plan. The "generation effect" explains why we can remember things better when we make the material ourselves rather than when we read it.
Writing our goals increases the generation effect because you have not only had the idea but also regenerated it by writing it and making it physical. This process leads you to set the path for how your idea becomes a plan and leads to your goal.
As we are still at the beginning of our year, think about some ideas you have had for the year. Which of those ideas could be written, developed into a plan, and achieved as a goal by the end of the year?
Classroom Strategies
Visuals
Visuals are an effective tool for increasing student independence. They allow students to find information without asking others or interrupting the lesson. While we regularly use anchor charts as a way to reinforce and reference previously taught concepts, posted expectations also help students when they need to know what to do. Another way to use visuals is for classroom organization procedures.
Organization
These are some excellent examples from a teacher at Patterson.
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