Learning Beliefs Questionnaire



If you strongly agree with the statement, circle 5.

If you strongly disagree with the statement, circle 1.

If you think the statement is more or less true, pick a number between 1 and 5.


  1                           2                        3                        4                         5

Strongly Disagree                                                                                      Strongly Agree 



1. A person can overcome low ability by trying very hard. 1 2 3 4 5
2. Scientists will eventually find the true answers to their questions. 1 2 3 4 5
3. One should believe what an instructor teaches. 1 2 3 4 5
4. Knowledge consists mainly of connected ideas. 1 2 3 4 5
5. It is a waste of time to work on a task that has no quick solution. 1 2 3 4 5
6. You can improve your ability to learn. 1 2 3 4 5
7. Something that is true today will be true tomorrow. 1 2 3 4 5
8. Information given by an expert should be evaluated. 1 2 3 4 5
9. Most things have a simple explanation. 1 2 3 4 5
10. If people fail at something, they just need to spend more time on it. 1 2 3 4 5
11. How much you learn depends on how smart you are. 1 2 3 4 5
12. Information in textbooks must be corrected from time to time. 1 2 3 4 5
13. Instructors usually have accurate knowledge. 1 2 3 4 5
14. To understand something is to see how it relates to other things. 1 2 3 4 5
15. If people cannot understand something quickly, they will never understand it. 1 2 3 4 5
16. You can always do well if you make an effort. 1 2 3 4 5
17. Good students do not question what an instructor says. 1 2 3 4 5
18. Most important problems have no right or wrong answers. 1 2 3 4 5
19. The most important ideas are simple. 1 2 3 4 5
20. If you are ever going to understand something, you will understand it the first time through. 1 2 3 4 5
21. Once you learn the truth, you should question it. 1 2 3 4 5
22. If you are not smart, trying hard is no use. 1 2 3 4 5
23. Advice from an expert should not be completely trusted. 1 2 3 4 5
24. Knowledge consists mainly of separate facts. 1 2 3 4 5
25. If you cannot learn something right away, you should keep trying. 1 2 3 4 5