Self-Talk in the Classroom: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Self-Talk in the Classroom, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Practices that may help
- Use self-directed speech to regulate problem-solving
Talk yourself through a hard task aloud; private speech is an internalized coaching voice.
Zone of Proximal Development: Learning at Your Real Edge - Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical
Self-talk — the internal or external commentary we generate before and during performance — reliably affects performance outcomes, according to meta-analyses by Hatzigeorgiadis and colleagues. Instructional self-talk improves fine motor skill; motivational self-talk improves power and endurance tasks. The specific content and function of the self-talk matter more than whether it is positive or negative. - Use "we" language to describe your struggles
Shift from "I always fail at this" to "this is something a lot of us find hard."
Common Humanity, Made Practical - Monitor your self-talk patterns to identify what to change
Track what you actually say to yourself during and after performance before trying to change it.
Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical - Prepare "if-then" self-talk scripts for predictable pressure moments
Pre-script your self-talk response to the specific situations most likely to derail you.
Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical - Talk to yourself in the third person
Use your own name or "you" instead of "I" when working through a hard moment.
Self-Distancing: Thinking Clearly About Your Own Problems - Replace critic monologue with compassionate self-talk
Speak to yourself the way you would speak to a close friend in the same situation.
Working With Your Inner Critic - Shift attention from self to situation
Redirect your attention from monitoring yourself to genuinely engaging with the other person.
Overcoming Shyness: Philip Zimbardo’s Framework - Use verbal self-instruction to initiate
Say out loud — or in writing — the exact action you are about to do before you do it.
Task Initiation: Overcoming the Start Problem - Mirror the last few words of what someone just said
Repeat the final one to three words as a question — then stay silent.
Mirroring and Matching, Made Practical
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- When a problem gets hard my mind just goes quiet and blank and I sort of stall out staring at it
- The way I talk to myself is all "I always screw this up," "I can never do this"
- I want to fix what I say to myself when I compete, but if I’m honest I can’t even reliably remember what that was
- I already know the exact situations that throw me
- Right in the thick of a panicky moment my head is all "why am I like this, what’s wrong with me," and the more I narrate it as "I, I, I" the more I drown in it
Related concerns
- Self Talk Strategies When Starting Out
Say out loud — or in writing — the exact action you are about to do before you do it.
Use verbal self-instruction to initiate
- Hatzigeorgiadis Self Talk
Self-talk — the internal or external commentary we generate before and during performance — reliably affects performance outcomes, according to meta-analyses by Hatzigeorgiadis and colleagues. Instructional self-talk improves fine motor skill; motivational self-talk improves power and endurance tasks. The specific content and function of the self-talk matter more than whether it is positive or negative.
- Self Talk
Talk yourself through a hard task aloud; private speech is an internalized coaching voice.
Use self-directed speech to regulate problem-solving
- Self Talk And Mental Health
Self-talk — the internal or external commentary we generate before and during performance — reliably affects performance outcomes, according to meta-analyses by Hatzigeorgiadis and colleagues. Instructional self-talk improves fine motor skill; motivational self-talk improves power and endurance tasks. The specific content and function of the self-talk matter more than whether it is positive or negative.
- Self Talk Strategies On A Budget
Pre-script your self-talk response to the specific situations most likely to derail you.
Prepare "if-then" self-talk scripts for predictable pressure moments
- Albert Ellis Self Talk
Talk yourself through a hard task aloud; private speech is an internalized coaching voice.
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