Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale for Children

Read each sentence below and then circle the one number that shows how much you agree with it. There are no right or wrong answers.
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  1. You have a certain amount of intelligence, and you really can't do much to change it.
    1 2 3 4 5 6


  1. Your intelligence is something about you that you can't change very much.
    1 2 3 4 5 6


  1. you can learn new things, you can't really change your basic intelligence.
    1 2 3 4 5 6


  1. No matter who you are, you can change your intelligence a lot.
    1 2 3 4 5 6


  1. You can always greatly change how much intelligent you are.
    1 2 3 4 5 6


  1. No matter how much intelligence you ave, you can always change it quite a bit.
    1 2 3 4 5 6





Mr Creagh
ICT Teacher
The City School
Sheffield