Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 401 · 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) ignoring feedback (c) asking for help early (d) envying others
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
3. 3.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🏅 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.”
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring feedback (c) learning from feedback (d) practising hard skills
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
7. 7.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) envying others (c) praising effort (d) hiding your mistakes
8. 8.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
10. 10.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
12. 12.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) envying others
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
15. 15.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) avoiding challenges
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) giving up quickly (c) praising effort (d) envying others
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
20. 20.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) never (c) ever (d) again
21. 21.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) practising hard skills (c) trying new strategies (d) enjoying challenges
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) envying others (d) praising effort
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
24. 24.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) praising effort
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) envying others (d) hiding your mistakes
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
28. 28.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I will practise more.”
29. 29.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) hiding your mistakes (c) enjoying challenges (d) avoiding challenges
31. 31.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) envying others (c) asking for help early (d) hiding your mistakes
33. 33.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) asking for help early (c) ignoring feedback (d) enjoying challenges
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
39. 39.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False

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