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Drive and Mindset
The Growth Mindset Scale
Measures the student's belief that intelligence and ability can develop, and their response to failure and to criticism.
20 items
6 minutes
4 dimensions
Upper primary and above
What it measures
The highest return for the effort of any test here. A fixed mindset explains giving up quickly and refusing hard tasks — and it can change within weeks by adjusting the teacher's language.
How to read the result
Array
Before administering
Confirm that you want the student's real opinion, not the "right" answer, and that the answer will not affect their grade.
Its limits
Sensitive to the socially desirable answer — the student knows the "right" answer. Read it together with classroom observation.
Its dimensions
- Belief in GrowthWhen high: They believe their abilities can grow through effort.
- Response to FailureWhen high: They treat failure as an opportunity to learn.
- Value of EffortWhen high: They see effort as the path to mastery.
- Response to CriticismWhen high: They benefit from feedback and ask for it.
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