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Growing Your Brain: The Power of Yet

Personal & Social Development · Self-Regulation & Resilience · ages 7-9
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  1. Which sentence uses 'yet' the growth mindset way?

    • I can't do fractions.
    • I can't do fractions yet.
    • I will never do fractions.

  2. What does a growth mindset mean?

    • You can get smarter with practice and effort
    • You are stuck with the smarts you were born with
    • You are only smart at one subject

  3. A fixed mindset believes your abilities never change no matter how much you practice.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Look at the chart of Mia's cartwheel practice. How many more tries worked on Day 14 than on Day 1?

    Day 11Day 74Day 148

    Answer: ______________

  5. Sam is learning spelling. Which sentence shows growth mindset thinking?

    • I'm just bad at spelling
    • Spelling is impossible for me
    • I'm not good at spelling yet, so I'll practice

  6. Priya gets a low grade on a test. Which response shows growth mindset thinking?

    • I got a bad grade, so I'll ask for help and try studying a new way
    • This grade means my skills cannot change
    • I got a bad grade, so there's no point trying

  7. Omar could not swim. After lessons and practice, he swims well now. What does his story show?

    • He got lucky
    • Some people are just born knowing how to swim
    • Effort and practice grew his ability

  8. Leo says, 'I say yet, so I never have to practice.' What has Leo missed?

    • He should say never instead
    • Yet just opens the door; he still needs practice to actually improve
    • Nothing, saying yet is enough by itself
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Growing Your Brain: The Power of Yet W1-mt_pAuo9Op89t-s1

  1. I can't do fractions yet. · Adding yet shows you just haven't learned it yet, not that you never will.
  2. You can get smarter with practice and effort · A growth mindset means believing your abilities can grow with learning and practice.
  3. True · That's exactly what a fixed mindset means, and it's the idea a growth mindset pushes back against.
  4. 7 · Day 14 shows 8 successful tries and Day 1 shows 1. The difference is 8 minus 1, or 7.
  5. I'm not good at spelling yet, so I'll practice · The growth mindset answer adds yet and a plan to practice, instead of giving up.
  6. I got a bad grade, so I'll ask for help and try studying a new way · Growth mindset thinking looks for a way to improve instead of blaming fixed ability.
  7. Effort and practice grew his ability · Omar's story describes learning through lessons and practice. It shows that his swimming skill grew.
  8. Yet just opens the door; he still needs practice to actually improve · The word yet reminds you that change is possible, but you still need to practice to actually improve.
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