Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 250 · 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: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) trying new strategies (c) praising effort (d) learning from feedback
4. 4.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
8. 8.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
9. 9.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) praising effort (d) ignoring feedback
13. 13.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) again (c) ever (d) yet
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
16. 16.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) envying others
19. 19.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) giving up quickly
23. 23.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
24. 24.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) praising effort (c) avoiding challenges (d) asking for help early
26. 26.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) sticking to easy tasks
30. 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
31. 31.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) envying others (c) hiding your mistakes (d) learning from feedback
32. 32.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
34. 34.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) practising hard skills
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
36. 36.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) avoiding challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
37. 37.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) practising hard skills (c) trying new strategies (d) praising effort
40. 40.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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