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Implicit Theories and Learning Goals Questionnaire Test

Understand what drives a student’s motivation and mindset about ability in about 6 minutes. With 28 questions, it quickly flags fixed vs growth beliefs to guide coaching, support, and learning plans.

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Questions: 286 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

-5/21

Learning Self-Evaluation (LSE)

Measures how positively or critically a student evaluates their own academic achievements and learning effectiveness.

Critical self-assessment

Balanced self-assessment

Positive self-assessment

-14 – -1: Critical self-assessment | 0 – 10: Balanced self-assessment | 11 – 21: Positive self-assessment

A score of -5 indicates a more critical view of one’s learning outcomes, with a tendency to focus on gaps rather than successes.

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-8/16

Learning Goal Acceptance (LGA)

Measures the degree to which a student is oriented toward learning and skill mastery versus prioritizing fixed outcomes and results.

Outcome-focused

Learning-goal oriented

-16 – -1: Outcome-focused | 0 – 16: Learning-goal oriented

A score of -8 falls in the Outcome-focused range, suggesting a stronger emphasis on achieving results than on learning and skill development for its own sake.

example score

9/20

Incremental Theory of Personality Endorsement (IToPE)

Measures the extent to which a person believes personality traits can change and develop versus remain fixed.

Fixed view

Balanced view

Malleable view

-20 – -1: Fixed view | 0: Balanced view | 1 – 20: Malleable view

A score of 9 indicates a clear tendency to view personality traits as malleable and open to development.

example score

-4/20

Growth Mindset (Incremental Theory of Intelligence) Endorsement (GMToIE)

Measures agreement with the view that intelligence can be developed through learning and effort versus being fixed.

Fixed-leaning

Growth-leaning

-20 – -1: Fixed-leaning | 0 – 20: Growth-leaning

A score of -4 falls in the Fixed-leaning range, suggesting a slight tendency to see intelligence as relatively stable rather than strongly improvable through effort.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Teachers and Tutors

41%OF USERS

They use it to understand students’ mindsets about ability and tailor feedback, challenge level, and learning strategies.

School Psychologists

34%OF USERS

They take it to spot fixed vs growth beliefs behind motivation issues and plan targeted support or counseling.

Academic Coaches

25%OF USERS

They use it to align students’ goals with their underlying beliefs and track changes during mentoring programs.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Self-Assessment of Learning (SoL)

Average

5.3

Normal range

-0.5 — 11.2

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-14

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Acceptance of Learning Goals (AoLG)

Average

4.9

Normal range

-0.6 — 10.4

min.

-16

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Acceptance of the "Enriched" Personality Theory (Aot"PT)

Average

3.6

Normal range

-3 — 10.2

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-20

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Acceptance of the theory of "cumulative" intelligence (Aotto"i)

Average

-2.8

Normal range

-8.7 — 3.1

min.

-20

max.

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Strongly agree
- Agreed
- Rather agree
- Rather disagree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Absolutely agree
- Agreed
- Somewhat agree
- More like disagree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Absolutely agree
- Agree
- Somewhat agree
- Rather disagree
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree

These are 3 of the 28 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Questionnaire on Implicit Theories and Learning Goals Test

Implicit Theories and Learning Goals Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This questionnaire is designed to assess beliefs and goals that may shape students’ motivation and approach to academic tasks. The Implicit Theories and Learning Goals Questionnaire examines implicit beliefs about ability and related learning goals that can influence persistence, response to challenge, and self-regulation.

The measure includes 28 items and typically requires about 6 minutes to complete. Items assess perceptions of the malleability of personal attributes (e.g., views of intelligence and personal qualities) and the learning goals that may follow from those beliefs. The Implicit Theories and Learning Goals Questionnaire is commonly used in educational and counseling contexts to support formulation of motivational factors, guide intervention planning, and monitor change over time (C. S. Dweck; E. L. Deci; R. M. Ryan).

Author: C. S. Dweck, E. L. Deci, R. M. Ryan

Literature: Dweck, C. S. Self-theories: Their role in motivation, personality, and development. Psychology Press. 1999.