IMPACT OF GOAL SETTING ON STUDENTS ' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
In the present study was to investigate the effect of goal setting on student performance. Academic lag is a problem for both the modern education system and society as a whole. Setting personal goals can affect academic performance, as many students understand that learning is the way to achieve important life goals. In the course of the study, 120 first-year dental students were interviewed. According to the results of the study, in 70% of cases, if there is a certain goal, students had an increase in academic performance, and 65% had stability in learning. This increase depended on the degree of participation in setting goals, and the specifics of achieving students ' goals and setting plans for the future. Contrary to goal-setting theory, which requires goal and task specificity, the results showed that it doesn't matter whether students write about academic or non-academic goals or a combination of them. Rather, it was a General process of writing their personal goals, the specifics of their strategies for achieving the goal, and the extent to which they participated in the intervention that led to their improved academic performance. This study offers an important modification of the goal setting theory, namely the potential effect of setting life goals on the level of education of students.