Question

Lea has a science project due at the end of the semester. She has created a list of project tasks and developed a schedule for completing those tasks. She hopes this will ensure that she completes the project by its due date and gets a good grade. What term BEST describes what Lea is setting for herself?
Group of answer choices

visualization

backwards goals

short-term goals

long-term goals

Answer 1

short-term goals

She’s breaking the semester project into specific tasks and a schedule — the smaller, time-limited steps (short-term goals) that will help her reach the larger end-of-semester objective.