Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

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

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