Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 388 · 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 need a new plan.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I am not smart.”
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
7. 7.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) giving up quickly (c) avoiding challenges (d) envying others
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) enjoying challenges
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
12. 12.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
13. 13.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) smart is born (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
14. 14.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
16. 16.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) praising effort (d) envying others
18. 18.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
19. 19.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) giving up quickly (d) trying new strategies
21. 21.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) ever (c) yet (d) never
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) ignoring feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) avoiding challenges
23. 23.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
24. 24.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) giving up quickly (c) learning from feedback (d) practising hard skills
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) envying others (d) asking for help early
27. 27.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
28. 28.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
30. 30.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) hiding your mistakes (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) giving up quickly
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
34. 34.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
36. 36.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
39. 39.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) praising effort (d) sticking to easy tasks
40. 40.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True

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