Growth Mindset Exploration
This worksheet helps Grade 4 students understand and practice the principles of a growth mindset, focusing on effort, learning from mistakes, and perseverance.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Think about how your brain can grow and learn!
What is a Growth Mindset?
A growth mindset is when you believe that your abilities and intelligence can grow and improve with effort and hard work. It means seeing challenges as opportunities to learn!
1. Which of these statements shows a growth mindset?
“I'm not good at this, so I'll give up.”
“This is too hard for me to learn.”
“I can't do it yet, but I'll keep trying and learn.”
“I was born smart, so I don't need to try.”
2. What happens when you make a mistake with a growth mindset?
You get angry and quit.
You hide your mistake so no one knows.
You learn from it and try again.
You blame someone else for your mistake.
1. People with a growth mindset believe their intelligence is fixed and cannot change.
True
False
2. It's important to celebrate the effort you put in, even if you don't get the perfect result.
True
False
1. When you face a difficult task, a growth mindset helps you to keep and not give up.
2. Instead of saying “I can't do it,” someone with a growth mindset says “I can't do it .”
1. Describe a time when you had to work hard to learn something new. How did you feel, and what did you do to succeed?
2. What is one thing you can say to yourself when you feel like giving up on a challenge?