Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 459 · 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 am not smart.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I’ll ask for help.”
2. 2.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) giving up quickly (d) ignoring feedback
4. 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) sticking to easy tasks
5. 5.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) yet (c) again (d) never
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
7. 7.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) trying new strategies (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
9. 9.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
11. 11.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I’ll never draw well.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
13. 13.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) effort is useless (c) skills grow with effort (d) smart is born
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) praising effort (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) hiding your mistakes
16. 16.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
17. 17.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring feedback (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
19. 19.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) giving up quickly
20. 20.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
22. 22.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) learning from feedback (c) praising effort (d) hiding your mistakes
23. 23.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
25. 25.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
27. 27.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
30. 30.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) avoiding challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) enjoying challenges
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
33. 33.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) ignoring feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) praising effort
36. 36.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) giving up quickly
38. 38.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) asking for help early (c) trying new strategies (d) practising hard skills
40. 40.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False

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