Growth Mindset Quiz

What is a fixed mindset?

• Believing you can always improve

• Believing your abilities cannot change

• Always trying new things

• Learning from mistakes

What is a growth mindset?

• Giving up when things are hard

• Believing you can get better through effort

• Thinking you are naturally perfect at everything

• Avoiding challenges

People with a growth mindset see challenges as:

• Problems to ignore

• Opportunities to learn

• Reasons to quit

• Unimportant tasks

When someone says, “I don’t understand this yet, but I can learn it if I keep practicing,” they are showing:

• Fixed mindset

• Growth mindset

• Laziness

• Overconfidence

Thomas Edison is mentioned in the reading because he:

• Gave up after many failures

• Believed failure was part of learning

• Never made mistakes

• Invented the lightbulb on the first try

A growth mindset is about:

• Being perfect

• Trying, failing, and learning

• Ignoring mistakes

• Only doing things you are already good at

Which phrase encourages a growth mindset?

• I can’t do this

• I’ll never get it

• I can’t do this yet

• This is impossible

One way to develop a growth mindset is to:

• Celebrate only your successes

• Replace negative self-talk with encouraging phrases

• Avoid hard tasks

• Pretend mistakes never happen

What does the word “yet” in “I can’t do this yet” suggest?

• You will never succeed

• You have time to learn and improve

• You are lazy

• You are already perfect

People with fixed mindsets often:

• Try new strategies

• Avoid challenges

• Learn from mistakes

• Celebrate effort