Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 496 · 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: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) hiding your mistakes
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) ever (c) yet (d) again
8. 8.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
10. 10.🏅 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.”
11. 11.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
13. 13.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) envying others (c) trying new strategies (d) sticking to easy tasks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring feedback (c) learning from feedback (d) enjoying challenges
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
16. 16.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
19. 19.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) envying others (d) praising effort
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) avoiding challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
21. 21.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
22. 22.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
24. 24.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) skills grow with effort (c) talent is fixed (d) smart is born
25. 25.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
27. 27.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) praising effort (d) asking for help early
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
30. 30.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) ignoring feedback (d) giving up quickly
31. 31.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
34. 34.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) trying new strategies
36. 36.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) giving up quickly (c) envying others (d) praising effort
37. 37.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
38. 38.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) enjoying challenges

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