Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 259 · 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.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) hiding your mistakes (d) ignoring feedback
2. 2.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
4. 4.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) talent is fixed (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
6. 6.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
8. 8.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
11. 11.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) avoiding challenges
12. 12.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
13. 13.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
16. 16.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
17. 17.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) avoiding challenges
20. 20.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
22. 22.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You worked so hard!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “You are a genius!” (d) “It’s easy for you.”
23. 23.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) trying new strategies
25. 25.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
28. 28.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) enjoying challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) envying others
30. 30.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
33. 33.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
36. 36.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
37. 37.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
40. 40.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) ever (c) never (d) again

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