Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 501 · 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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) ignoring feedback (d) giving up quickly
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I will practise more.”
8. 8.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
12. 12.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You worked so hard!” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “It’s easy for you.”
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) ignoring feedback (d) giving up quickly
14. 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
15. 15.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
17. 17.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
19. 19.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
20. 20.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) praising effort (d) avoiding challenges
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
25. 25.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) ever (c) again (d) never
26. 26.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) giving up quickly (d) envying others
29. 29.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) praising effort (d) envying others
30. 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
31. 31.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
33. 33.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False

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