Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

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

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