1. Rate your week (Based on Wilde, 1995): Ask the student to rate her school-week on a scale from 1-10, with 1 being very poor, and 10 being outstanding. Then ask him/her to explain why she rated the week the way that he/she did.
Week 9 Rating: _________
Reason:
2. Self-Evaluation of Achievement
How do you think that you are doing in class?
What is your current grade in the class? (How do you know?)
3. Re-explore utility, attainment, and interest values for the class.
2. How can you make class more interesting for yourself?
3. What was the most useful thing that you learned in class this week?
4. How can you make class more useful to you?
5. What accomplishment from class are you most proud of?
6. What can you do to feel even better about yourself in class?
4. Review whether the strategies that you and the student developed for increasing the task value of the class during session 3, 7 and 8 are working, and make any necessary modifications.
MODIFICATIONS to Strategies from session 3:
Ideas for increasing the Interest Value of ______________ Class:
Ideas for increasing the Utility Value of ________________ Class:
Ideas for increasing the Identity Value of ______________ Class:
Ideas for increasing the cost of doing poorly or decreasing the cost of doing well.
Can you and/or the student might realistically incorporate any of these ideas into class or school?
- Give the student the opportunity to talk freely about anything class related that might be on his or her mind.
- You and the student should close by summarizing what the student accomplished between last week and this week, and what the student will try to accomplish between this week and next week.
- Call attention to any progress or positive steps that the student has made. Also mention any areas that continue to need attention, and relate those areas to the students stated goals.
This week’s accomplishments:
Next week’s goals:
Progress or positive steps:
Areas that continue to need attention:
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