Rephrasing for a growth mindset
Students learn to rephrase negative statements into positive thoughts to encourage a growth mindset.
Year level
7-10
Duration
5 minutes
Type
In class activity
Online learning
SEL Competencies
Self-awareness
Self-management
Social awareness
Learning intention
To highlight to students that the language we use can encourage a growth mindset.
Key outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
utilise positive language to encourage a growth mindset
recognise the importance of language in developing a growth mindset.
Materials needed
Whiteboard
Whiteboard marker
Paper
Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
Social awareness
Social management
Self-awareness
Self-management
Activity 1
Instructions
5 minutes
Explain to students the power of language in encouraging a growth mindset and achieving goals.
The teacher makes two columns on the whiteboard:
Column 1: ‘Things I may say to myself…’ Column 2: ‘Things I will say to myself…’ The following are some suggestions for statements that you can write in column 1:
‘I can’t do it.’
‘This is too hard.’
‘I’m just going to fail. Why bother?’
‘I’m not smart/fast/strong enough.’
‘I give up.’
‘That’s good enough.’
Ask students to offer alternative statements that are more encouraging and facilitate motivation to learn skills and achieve goals.
Debrief
Students feed back their suggestions to the class.
