Created by Shelly McGaughey
10 questions
6th Grade
Math
The Power of Yet Pretest is a free printable Grade 6 Instructional Technology worksheet with 10 questions: 8 multiple-choice items and 2 multiple-select true-or-false items. It introduces and checks core growth-mindset ideas, including learning from mistakes and failures, applying effort, using “yet” to reframe “I can’t do it,” and recognizing that challenges exercise the brain. Students also identify the meanings of mindset and fixed and consider how failure can lead to success. Use this pretest to gauge students’ existing understanding before a lesson or unit on growth mindset and the Power of Yet. The questions combine vocabulary recognition, application of a key phrase, interpretation of statements about effort and mistakes, and a question about an invention that was not accidental. A complete answer key is included, making the worksheet useful for quick baseline assessment, guided discussion, or independent review.
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This Grade 6 worksheet assesses students’ understanding of growth-mindset ideas through 8 multiple-choice questions and 2 multiple-select true-or-false items. Students identify mindset and fixed, connect effort and failure with learning and success, use “yet” to improve “I can’t do it,” and evaluate statements about challenges and mistakes.
Use the pretest before instruction to surface students’ current thinking about effort, failure, challenges, and the phrase “I can’t do it yet.” After students complete the multiple-choice and true-or-false-style items, discuss why “yet” changes the statement and why making mistakes does not mean someone is bad at a skill. Revisit the same items after teaching to help students explain how their thinking has changed.
Watch for students choosing “mistakes and solutions” instead of the worksheet’s answer, confusing effort with attempts or ideas, or treating “fixed” as a positive growth-oriented mindset. Students may also select “now” instead of “yet” in the revised statement, or mark the claim that too many mistakes show a lack of ability as true. Review the distinction between a challenge being brain exercise and a mistake proving inability.
The worksheet is available as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz on Wayground, and it includes a complete answer key for all 10 items. For printable submissions, teachers can scan student work with the Wayground for Teachers app to help grade responses. The printable format also gives schools an option for reducing screen time.
In the worksheet’s Advanced Settings, adjust font spacing and font size to make the multiple-choice and true-or-false-style items easier to read. You can also enable a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language while preserving its questions about effort, failure, mindset, and “yet.”
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