Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 229 · 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.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I am not smart.”
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) enjoying challenges
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) asking for help early
6. 6.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) trying new strategies (c) practising hard skills (d) sticking to easy tasks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) learning from feedback (c) praising effort (d) ignoring feedback
11. 11.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 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.”
13. 13.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) hiding your mistakes
15. 15.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) hiding your mistakes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) learning from feedback
18. 18.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) yet (c) again (d) ever
19. 19.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
21. 21.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) smart is born (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
22. 22.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) learning from feedback
23. 23.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
29. 29.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
31. 31.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
34. 34.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
36. 36.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) ignoring feedback
37. 37.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) hiding your mistakes

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