Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
College of Education and Human Services
Department
Learning Sciences and Human Development
Committee Chair
Barbara G. Warash.
Committee Co-Chair
Dan Hursh
Committee Member
Amy Root
Abstract
This study investigated to see if preschool children could determine their own achievable goal and use self-recording of the step by step instruction to achieve the goal. In addition, children presented their goals to their peers. To investigate the effect of self-recording of step by step instruction, two individual case studies were completed in experiment one. A multiple baseline across participants was used in experiment two to measure three separate children's achievement during baseline and intervention of self-recording and step by step instruction. It was found that over 50% of the children could state their own achievable goal. It was also found that children's academic performance increased when self-recording their own progress.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Keri, "The effects of preschoolers' goal setting, decision making, and self-recording on academic achievement" (2010). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 686.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/686