This book has four recommendations for this chapter:
Set learning objectives that are specific but flexible.
Allow students flexibility in personalizing the learning objectives or goals.
Communicate the learning objectives or goals to the students and parents.
Contract with students to attain specific learning objectives or goals.
"Technology enhances the goal-setting process by providing organizational and communicative tools that make it easier to clarify the learning objectives"
"There are several ways that a word processor can help teachers and students set goals more effectively."
KWHL:
KWHL "prompts individual students to record what they know about a topic, what they want to learn about that topic, how they plan to learn it, and what they have learned at the end of the unit or activity."