Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 100 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Not yet — but learning): Growth mindset: “Mistakes help me learn.”, “If I practise, I will get better.”, “Let me try a different way.” Fixed mindset: “I’ll never be good at drawing.”, “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.”, “She is just born talented.” Turn fixed into growth by adding “yet”, praising effort (“You worked so hard!”) and changing the plan, not giving up.

1. 1.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
5. 5.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) asking for help early (d) avoiding challenges
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) enjoying challenges
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) avoiding challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) asking for help early
10. 10.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
12. 12.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) skills grow with effort (c) talent is fixed (d) effort is useless
13. 13.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) enjoying challenges
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
15. 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) giving up quickly
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) trying new strategies (c) avoiding challenges (d) envying others
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
18. 18.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
20. 20.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
22. 22.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) praising effort (c) practising hard skills (d) asking for help early
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) giving up quickly (c) trying new strategies (d) learning from feedback
27. 27.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) never (c) again (d) yet
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) learning from feedback
31. 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
33. 33.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
35. 35.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
37. 37.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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