l21 goal setting results

7/31/2019 L21 Goal Setting Results

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Goal Setting Experiment

4 conditions The 5 goal got : It is important that you commit to a specific yet

attainable goal. Your goal is to create 5 words during the allotted1 minute using the 7 letters. This goal is difficult, but realistic. Inprevious studies many students were able to create 5 or more wordsper round using the same groups of letters you are about to see.

The 9 goal got : It is important that you commit to a specific yetattainable goal. Your goal is to create 9 words during the allotted

1 minute using the 7 letters. This goal is difficult, but realistic. Inprevious studies many students were able to create 9 or more wordsper round using the same groups of letters you are about to see.

The 16 goal got : It is important that you commit to a specific yetattainable goal. Your goal is to create 16 words during the allotted1 minute using the 7 letters. This goal is difficult, but realistic. Inprevious studies many students were able to create 16 or morewords per round using the same groups of letters you are about tosee.

The do your best goal got : Do your best to create as manywords as you can during the allotted 1 minute using the 7 letters oneach page.


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Goal Setting ExperimentRound 1


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Goal Setting ExperimentRound 3


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Goal Setting Experiment - Implications

Possible conclusions:

1. 16 was a good motivator. Perhaps not consideredimpossible (/frustrating).

2. 5 and 9 seems to be less motivating than do yourbest. Specific LOW goals can reduce motivation.

For the next experiment (class):

1. Changing the conditions to : goal 5 (easy), goal 16

(difficult but perceived achievable), goal 50(impossible), and do your best (control condition).

2. Running more than 3 rounds. We saw that it couldtake time for people to get used to the the task.

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