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title: One-Pager on Target Setting for Academic Mentoring
description: Guidance on setting targets for academic mentoring. Based on implementation intentions. KS3. KS4. KS5.
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# [One-Pager on Target Setting for Academic Mentoring](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/one-pager-target-setting-academic-mentoring)

 Written by [Douglas Wise](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/author/wise) | 6 February, 2022

 

Three things you already know:

1. **The correlation between intentions and behaviour is modest**

1. **Intentions account for only around 30% of variance in behaviour**

1. **Past behaviour is a reliable predictor of future behaviour**

So, how can we help students to achieve their targets?  Well, the psychologist Peter Gollwitzer has the answer…  In short: getting students to identify **when** they will do their work and **where** they will do it is likely to *increase* the likelihood of success.

Hope it's useful –

Doug

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