Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 332 · 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: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) ignoring feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) envying others
3. 3.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) ever (c) never (d) yet
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
7. 7.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
8. 8.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) asking for help early (d) hiding your mistakes
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) enjoying challenges (c) asking for help early (d) learning from feedback
11. 11.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) praising effort (c) trying new strategies (d) practising hard skills
12. 12.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) envying others (c) hiding your mistakes (d) sticking to easy tasks
14. 14.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) enjoying challenges (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
17. 17.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) giving up quickly
20. 20.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
22. 22.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
23. 23.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
25. 25.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
26. 26.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) envying others (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
27. 27.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) envying others
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
29. 29.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) sticking to easy tasks
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) envying others (d) asking for help early
32. 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
33. 33.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) praising effort
35. 35.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
37. 37.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) effort is useless (c) smart is born (d) talent is fixed
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
40. 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit

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