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Drive and Mindset
The Growth Mindset Scale
Measures the employee's belief that ability can develop, and how they respond to setbacks and feedback.
20 items
6 minutes
4 dimensions
Upper primary and above
What it measures
The highest return for the effort of any instrument here. A fixed mindset explains refusing new tasks and withdrawing from training — and it shifts within weeks once a manager's feedback language changes.
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 socially desirable answering — the respondent knows the "right" answer in their workplace. Read it alongside day-to-day 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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