Growth Mindset-Flocabulary Read and Respond

According to the passage your ___________ is the thing that best determines your success.

• intelligence

• ability

• mindset

• talent

Stella gets a bad grade on a paper and wants to do better next time. She should....

• ignore her teacher's comments and write her next paper the same way.

• stand next to Fionn, whose paper was even worse than hers so she feels better

• Tell herself that she's bad at writing and give up on the idea of improving

• read her teacher's suggestions, and use these new methods when writing her next paper

Which of the following is the best example of a person with a growth mindset?

• When Chiara falls on the balance beam during a gymnastics meet, she thinks about where she went wrong and practices hard for the next meet.

• Nathaniel decides not to do a project for the Science Fair because it will be too much work.

• Darius's brother gives him pointers for doing tricks on his skateboard and Darius ignores his advice

• Shonda does not take guitar lessons because she thinks learning guitar will be too hard.

According to the passage

• everybody has a fixed mindset

• most people have a perfect growth mindset all the time

• people have either fixed mindsets or growth mindsets, but not both

• people can have fixed mindsets about some things and growth mindsets about others

Which of these statements would LeBron James most likely agree?

• Professional athletes don't need a growth mindset; they're already at the top of their game.

• Professional athletes need a growth mindset at the beginning of their careers but not later.

• Even a successful professional athlete needs a growth mindset to be able to keep improving.

• A professional athlete needs a fixed mindset to help them understand their natural talent.