Growth Mindset

If you are faced with a difficult math problem, what would be an example of a Growth Mindset strategy?

• Tear up your paper into a million pieces and throw it away

• Shout out, "I'm never going to get this!"

• Think about other strategies that might work

• Write down the wrong answer, maybe no one will notice.

You forgot to study for your Science test the night before, what would be a Growth Mindset strategy?

• Lay your head down and fall asleep

• Read over your notes before the test and try the best that you can

• Use a hall pass and try to stay out of the room for as long as possible

• Don't even bother to read the questions, you'll get them wrong anyway

In a _______ mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are traits that CANNOT change.

• Fixed
• Growth

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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 analyzing them

• getting correct answers and not reviewing them

When you have a growth mindset,

• you automatically have strong neural connections.

• you push yourself and learn from mistakes.

• people always think that you're smart.

• you always do well on tests.

analyze means to:

• consider in detail in order to discover essential features

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• move or swing back and forth

• mimic the voice or gestures of another

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What are neurons?

• pathways in your brain

• electrical pulses

• nerve cells in your brain

• axons

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What is a fixed mindset?

• a belief that you are born with the intelligence you will have for the rest of your life
• when you've made up your mind about something
• a desire to fix things
• having your mind SET on learning

What is a "growth mindset"?

• the desire to raise crops

• when you believe you have the ability to get smarter with hard work and effort

• when you listen to a lesson

• when you think you are born with only a certain amount of intelligence