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Character Matters – Session 5 – Quiz 5 – Growth Mindset

QUESTIONS

Question 1

Identify the following as descriptions of either a fixed mindset or growth mindset

  • Focus on smart and dumb
  • Resilient in the face of setbacks
  • Focus on developing abilities
  • Afraid of learning
  • Back off from challenging learning
  • Take on challenges

Question 2

In a study of 7th graders with declining grades, one group was taught study skills and a second group was taught growth mindset along with the study skills. The second group’s grades showed a sharp rebound. The grades on the first group, which was taught only study skills;

  • Showed a slight improvement
  • Stabilized
  • Continued to decline

Question 3

Carol Dweck speaks of the use of growth mindset making a positive difference in which of the following settings?

  • A school on an Indian reservation
  • Russian/Ukraine conflict
  • Schools in Paraguay
  • Companies
  • Israel/Palestine conflict
  • An inner city school

Question 4

Adults with a growth mindset who employ the term “growth mindset” will pass on a growth mindset to kids

  • True
  • False

Question 5

Whether a person has a fixed or growth mindset can change by the day, the skill, or their mood

  • True
  • False

Question 6

From the following list, select the three steps presented in the second video of how to build a growth mindset

  • Visualize success
  • Do a victory dance
  • Reflect
  • Learn new stuff
  • Neuroplasticity
  • Firing neurons

Question 7

According to Michael Merzenich in the second video, which of the following is not true?

  • The brain is massively plastic on any ability
  • The brain is designed to change
  • Trying to improve yourself – acquiring new skills, etc., – on a regular basis, actually improves the machinery that controls learning for everything
  • The brain is not so plastic at an older age

Question 8

Identify the three growth mindset practices shown in use in New York City classrooms;

  • Challenges Problems
  • Discussion Tables
  • Peer Feedback
  • Anti-talent Show
  • Incorporating Opportunities for Revision
  • Mistake Focus

Question 9

The study of kids praised for either being smart or for working hard shows;

  • Different kinds of praise do not lead to different results.
  • Praising kids for their intelligence leads to them putting in more effort next time
  • Praising kids for their effort encourages them to take on more challenges
  • Any kind of praise encourages kinds to learn

Question 10

Reshma Saujani explains that teaching girls to code encourages their bravery because ..

  • Coding is a test of inherent ability: “Perfection or bust”
  • Coding teaches them that imperfection is fatal
  • They must go through trial and error again and again
  • They learn to value progress over perfection

ANSWERS

Question 1

Identify the following as descriptions of either a fixed mindset or growth mindset

  • Focus on smart and dumb
  • Resilient in the face of setbacks
  • Focus on developing abilities
  • Afraid of learning
  • Back off from challenging learning
  • Take on challenges

Correct Answers

Focus on smart and dumb – fixed

Resilient in the face of setbacks – growth

Focus on developing abilities – growth

Afraid of learning – fixed

Back off from challenging learning – fixed

Take on challenges – growth

Question 2

In a study of 7th graders with declining grades, one group was taught study skills and a second group was taught growth mindset along with the study skills. The second group’s grades showed a sharp rebound. The grades on the first group, which was taught only study skills;

  • Showed a slight improvement
  • Stabilized
  • Continued to decline

Correct Answer: Continued to decline

Question 3….

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