Setting and achieving goals helps kids (and grown-ups) build self-esteem — and teaches perseverance, too. When children set goals, it helps them practice executive function skills like planning.

Andrew J Martin has received funding from the Australian Research Council and state departments of education. He is a registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia. All this week and ...

I've realized that the goals I set at the beginning of the quarter aren't always pushing me forward—they box me into a ...

Colleges now place greater emphasis on professional education, or “vocationalism,” because higher education has become a required part of the training for many professions, say two professors of ...