Growth Mindset

Emma and Noah are discussing the word "malleable". What does it mean?

• Able to change and adapt based on new learning and experiences.

• Unable to change or adapt.

• Always staying the same.

• Resistant to new experiences.

What is neuroplasticity?

• The brain's ability to change or rewire connections between neurons.

• The brain's ability to produce new neurons.

• The brain's ability to shrink in size.

• The brain's ability to stop functioning.

Hey Ava, do you know what neuroplasticity involves?

• Changing or rewiring connections between neurons.

• Increasing the number of neurons.

• Decreasing the number of neurons.

• Stopping the brain's functions.

Hey class! Oliver, Arjun, and Rohan are curious: What is that special kind of nerve that can send signals like a super-fast messenger?

• Muscles

• Neurons

• Bones

• Skin cells

During a lively classroom discussion, Anika asked, "What is the belief that the brain can grow and change called?"

• Fixed Mindset

• Growth Mindset

• Static Mindset

• Rigid Mindset

According to the text, how can you become more intelligent?

• By avoiding challenges

• By taking on challenges

• By staying the same

• By not trying new things

During a lively classroom debate, Zoe asked, 'What is a fixed mindset?'

• The belief that intelligence can be changed.

• The belief that intelligence cannot be changed.

• The belief that everyone is equally intelligent.

• The belief that intelligence is not important.

According to a fixed mindset, how is intelligence determined?

• By hard work and effort.

• By the environment you grow up in.

• You are born intelligent or not intelligent.

• By the books you read.