Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Change in Vocabulary Mr. Sams is a math teacher who is enthusiastic about math. He works with kids who haven't had a good experience with the subject. Most of the students blurt out comments like "I hate math", "Math is unnecessary", "I don't understand anything", etc. He is working hard to make students change their phrases to more positive statements. It worked for some weeks but students are falling back to their old vocabulary. Mr. Sams is looking for strategies to keep students engaged with the positive phrases. What could he do to make students fall back on the positive track? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Mr. Sams could have students repeat positive statements as a mantra at the start of class or before tests. He could also have them do some goal setting each week where they write a series of small, manageable goals that lead to a bigger goal, and let them cross off each one as they accomplish it. This will help them build confidence in math and speak more positively, because it helps them focus on what they can do so far rather than what they cannot do yet.