Setting one's own learning goals

Focus and context

Assessment FOR Learning

Assessment AS Learning

• Our pupils and staff are fully involved in deciding next steps in their learning and identifying who can help.
• Our pupils and staff help to set their own learning goals.
• Our pupils and staff identify and reflect on their own evidence of learning.

Curriculum for Excellence themes

Successful learners are able to:

• use technology for learning
• think creatively and independently
• make reasoned evaluations
• link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations.

Confident individuals are able to:

• relate to others and manage themselves
• assess risk and take informed decisions.

Responsible citizens are able to:

• make informed choices and decisions
• evaluate environmental, scientific and technological issues.

Effective contributors are able to:

• work in partnership and in teams
• take the initiative and lead
• solve problems.

Other links to Curriculum for Excellence

Principles for curriculum design: challenge and enjoyment, personalisation and choice, progression, relevance

Contexts for learning: curriculum areas and subjects.

Published June 2009