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Things to stop saying:
Things to stop saying:
Things that focus on grades as the center of all learning.
"What's your grade?"
"if you don't do this, you will fail"
"you have to do this because it is graded"
"This is important because it is xx% of your grade"
etc.
Things to say instead:
Things to say instead:
Focus on skills instead of assignments. Why are you assigning this work? How will it help students in the future? For these, try to give full framing:
Little picture framing: how does this connect to the short term: what you did yesterday in class, what you will be doing at the end of class, what you will be doing tomorrow, next week, at the end of the unit?
Big picture framing: How does this connect to the long term: What you will be doing next unit, at the end of the year, next year, after high school?
a. content level framing: why is this skill important to know for your content area?
b. real world framing: why is this skill important in the real world / outside of school?
Examples:
Examples:
"We are here to learn. What have you learned? What do you still need to practice?"
"This assignment is important because we are practicing xxxxx skill. This skill will help you in your future schooling by... and in college by... and even if you don't go to college, this skill will help you in your job when..."
Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset
Grades foster a fixed mindset, and a fixed mindset reinforces a reliance on grades to motivate. It's a self perpetuating cycle. Breaking out is hard but eliminating grades helps foster a growth mindset, and fostering a growth mindset helps break away from a reliance on grades.
Here's a Dartmouth Blog about growth mindset if you need more information.
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