Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 230 · 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: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) ignoring feedback (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
3. 3.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
6. 6.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) asking for help early (d) sticking to easy tasks
7. 7.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You were born smart.”
8. 8.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
10. 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
11. 11.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I’ll ask for help.”
15. 15.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
18. 18.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) ignoring feedback (d) asking for help early
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
21. 21.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
23. 23.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
26. 26.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
30. 30.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) yet (c) never (d) ever
31. 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
32. 32.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) hiding your mistakes (d) learning from feedback
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) giving up quickly
34. 34.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
36. 36.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) trying new strategies (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) asking for help early
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset

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