Inside Mindsets
This test was created by a Frenchman for the purpose of helping students get back on track.
What is the IQ test?
This growth minded gentleman failed many times before his illuminating invention.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Baseball player, Billy Beane, realized that mindset was more important than this.
What is natural talent?
"You learned so quickly! You are so smart!" sends a subtle message of this mindset.
What is fixed mindset?
Wondering "How can I learn from this?" is an example of this mindset.
What is growth mindset?
The belief that one’s qualities and intelligence are carved in stone
What is a Fixed Mindset?
Students entering junior high school with a growth mindset showed this over two years.
What is an increase in grades?
This hard-working, world famous athlete was cut from the high school varsity team.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Praising children's intelligence harms these two things.
What are motivation and performance?
Just learning about this can cause a great shift in the way people think about themselves and their lives.
What is growth mindset?
In a fixed mindset, one should not need to put this forth, as doing so means you are not “smart”.
What is effort?
This is one way that fixed mindset adolescents protect themselves.
What is Low Effort Syndrome?
Malcolm Gladwell suggests that even though our culture talks about self-improvement, we still revere these…
What are “naturals”?
Children with a fixed mindset view of intelligence avoid this.
What is a difficult task or challenge?
When people learn and practice new things, this happens to the brain.
What is forms new connections and "grows"?
In a growth mindset, one’s ________ is unknown and unknowable.
What is potential?
In under-performing schools there is a lot of intelligence being wasted because of this…
What is underestimating students’ potential?
Muhammad Ali was not a "natural" but he had this mindset.
What is a growth mindset?
The best thing a parent/teacher can do for a child is to teach the child to love challenges and be intrigued by and learn from these.
What are mistakes?
Students with a growth mindset show a greater appreciation for this rather than just the achievement grade.
What is improvement?
Having to do this means that you are not “smart” according to Fixed Mindset folks.
what is hard work?
This practice sorts students into different ability level groups based on past achievement.
What is tracking?
Mental toughness and a "championship mentality" are examples of this mindset.
What is growth mindset?
Students learn and grow with a teacher that has high standards and has developed an atmosphere of this.
What is trust, not judgement?
Dweck developed this interactive program for students to learn about growth mindset.
What is Brainology?