SMART Goals Are No More Effective for Creative Performance than Do-Your-Best Goals or Non-Specific, Exploratory 'Open Goals'

Autor/inn/en	Simon Pietsch; Hugh Riddell; Carolyn Semmler; Nikos Ntoumanis; Daniel F. Gucciardi
Titel	SMART Goals Are No More Effective for Creative Performance than Do-Your-Best Goals or Non-Specific, Exploratory 'Open Goals'
Quelle	In: Educational Psychology, 44 (2024) 9-10, S. 946-962Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hugh Riddell) ORCID (Carolyn Semmler) ORCID (Nikos Ntoumanis) ORCID (Daniel F. Gucciardi) Als Datenquelle verlinkte Ressource
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-3410
DOI	10.1080/01443410.2024.2420818
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Foreign Countries; Adults; Goal Orientation; Student Educational Objectives; Time Factors (Learning); Student Motivation; Academic Aspiration; Creativity; Discovery Learning; Learner Controlled Instruction; Creative Thinking; Nontraditional Education; Alternative Assessment; Comparative Testing; Australia; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Schulische Motivation; Kreativität; Entdeckendes Lernen; Kreatives Denken; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Australien; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed) are advocated as the gold standard for goal setting. However, goals which are non-specific and exploratory, referred to as 'open goals', may be preferred in specific circumstances. In this pre-registered experiment, we compared SMART goals, compared to do-your-best (DYB), and open goals on creative performance. We also assessed the equivalence between open and DYB goals. Participants (N = 247, M[subscript age] = 30.40 years) completed the Alternate Use Task as a proxy for creative performance, before and after a goal setting manipulation in a 3 (between-groups: SMART, DYB, open goals) x 2 (within-groups: pre- and post-intervention) experimental design. There were no meaningful differences in creative performance for SMART, DYB, and open goals, DYB and open goals were not statistically equivalent. These findings cast doubt that SMART goals are always the most adaptive for human behaviour, given that open and DYB goals can be as effectual in some circumstances. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/2/06