Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset

The goal of a Growth Mindset is to

• look smart

• not have to try

• learn

• not make mistakes

Your brain is most like a

• muscle that grows with exercise.

• published book that always stays the same.

• tank of gas that gets used up and needs refilling.

• lawn that you need to mow when it gets too long.

What causes your brain to improve?

• simply making mistakes

• getting the correct answer

• making mistakes, and then learning from them

Answer explanation

Making mistakes can help you improve if you try to learn from your mistakes

What is a "growth mindset"?

• you are thinking of growing plants

• believing that you have the ability to get smarter with hard work and effort

• measuring the size of the brain

• believing you are born with only a certain amount of intelligence

What IS a "growth mindset"?

• believing that you can't change how smart you are

• believing that you can get smarter

What is a fixed mindset?

• Thinking that someone is either born smart or not. It cannot be changed.

• Thinking that you can change how smart you are through hard work.

You believe that your intelligence cannot be changed, your mindset is...

• Growth
• Fixed

You believe that people are 'good' at something because they were born that way, your mindset is...

• Growth
• Fixed

Is the following statement a growth mindset, or a fixed mindset?

We're learning something new in math. I can't wait to challenge my brain!

• Fixed Mindset

• Growth Mindset

Is the following statement a growth mindset, or a fixed mindset?

There's no way I'll win, so I shouldn't even try.

• Fixed Mindset

• Growth Mindset