One way to empower students is to encourage them to take accountability for their decisions and their work.
Using the language of accountability
Asking questions that empower
How might you rephrase these examples into language that encourages ownership and accountability?
You don t have a choice I want to know
You need to Why did you do that?
You ve got it wrong That s not going to work
Are you sure you want to do this? You re not good at Some empowering questions to try