Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 304 · 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: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring feedback (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
3. 3.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
4. 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
7. 7.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
9. 9.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) again (c) never (d) yet
11. 11.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) enjoying challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) giving up quickly
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
16. 16.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) envying others (c) avoiding challenges (d) praising effort
20. 20.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) praising effort (c) learning from feedback (d) asking for help early
24. 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
25. 25.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) practising hard skills (d) learning from feedback
27. 27.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
29. 29.🎨 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.”
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) hiding your mistakes (d) ignoring feedback
31. 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
32. 32.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
34. 34.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🏅 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.”
37. 37.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
38. 38.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) enjoying challenges

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