Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

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

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