Carol Dweck’s Growth vs. Fixed Mindset Assessment Place a check in the column that identifies the extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement. Strongly
• In the chart below, brainstorm fixed mindset statements applicable to your academic, personal, and professional pursuits. Then, edit the statements to demonstrate a growth mindset
Fixed Mindset Common Phrases by people with Fixed Mindsets: I’m bad at… I’m not as smart as… I’ll never understand… I’m going to fail… People who believe their basic qualities, like intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits.
What's your mindset when you think about yourself? A growth mindset is how much you believe your basic qualities, like intelligence and talent, can be changed or developed.
The growth mindset will lead you to new skills, new knowledge, and new areas of expertise, while the fixed mindset will leave you about where you started—with little skill in the task at hand and little confidence in your abilities.
Dweck’s studies show that students with a growth mindset consistently outperform students with a fixed mindset. Proponents of the growth mindset approach say that adopting it and teaching it to students helps them take risks and dramatically improves their learning.
Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Activity Change the fixed mindset language into that of a growth mindset. Keep in mind the ways that a growth mindset responds to challenges. 2 Change the fixed mindset language into that of a growth mindset. Keep in mind the ways that a growth mindset responds to challenges. Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset 1. What if I fail?
You can interpret them in a fixed mindset as signs that your fixed talents or abilities are lacking. Or you can interpret them in a growth mindset as signs that you need to ramp up
To anyone who is into personal growth and self-improvement, this seems obvious. But clearly, it is not obvious to everybody: look at this diagram by Nigel Holmes representing the two types of mindsets and I’ll sure you’ll recognize the attitudes of many people you know.
In this lesson, students will identify where they currently fall on the fixed to growth mindset continuum. Units it could embed into Biological Bases of Behavior (especially neuroplasticity/central nervous system), Intelligence, or this could be a stand-alone assignment