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WorksheetsMindset
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a fixed mindset?
a)
a belief that you are born with the intelligence you will have for the rest of your life
b)
when you've made up your mind about something
c)
a desire to fix things
d)
having your mind SET on learning
2.
Which type of student would most likely believe that, "intelligence is like eye color; you can't change what you were born with"?
a)
a student with a growth mindset
b)
a student with a fixed mindset
3.
True or False: Teaching students about how neurons develop in their brain increases a growth mindset.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What IS a "growth mindset"?
a)
the desire to raise crops
b)
a belief in one's ability to get smarter
c)
readiness to listen to a lesson
d)
knowing that you are capable of ANYTHING you set your mind to
5.
In a _______ mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits.
a)
Fixed
b)
Growth
6.
What is intelligence?
a)
A measure of how smart someone is.
b)
What your brain is made of.
c)
A really long word I've never seen before.
d)
How quickly your computer works.
7.
True or False: Praising a child's intelligence generally reinforces a fixed mindset.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Controls motivational behaviors, including: feeding, fight-flight response, and fornicating
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Amygdala
c)
Reticular Formation
d)
Hypothalamus
9.
Growth or Fixed Mindset Belief:
Good readers are born. I wasn't born a good reader.
Good readers are born. I wasn't born a good reader.
a)
Growth Mindset
b)
Fixed Mindset
10.
Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Temporal Lobe
11.
In a _______ mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point.
a)
Fixed
b)
Growth
12.
Human brains aren't fully developed until a person reaches their mid-twenties.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Your brain grows the most when you
_____________________.
_____________________.
a)
answer correctly
b)
make a mistake
c)
work in a group
d)
answer the easy questions first
14.
True or False: A growth mindset fears failure more than a fixed mindset.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Students who believe that their INTELLIGENCE (IQ) can be strengthened...
a)
outperform those who believe their intelligence is static.
b)
can be a handful in the classroom.
c)
should be tested for a 'gifted' IEP.
d)
are incorrect. IQ is not something that changes.
16.
Struggling makes me stronger.
a)
Growth Mindset
b)
Fixed Mindset
17.
You either are or aren’t good at something, based on your inherent nature, because it’s just who you are. This is a ______ mindset statement.
a)
Fixed
b)
Growth
18.
In a _______ mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point
a)
Fixed
b)
Growth
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