Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 540 · 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: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
5. 5.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
7. 7.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) asking for help early (c) learning from feedback (d) giving up quickly
8. 8.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
10. 10.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) enjoying challenges (c) asking for help early (d) learning from feedback
15. 15.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) talent is fixed (c) effort is useless (d) smart is born
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) sticking to easy tasks
17. 17.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) never (c) ever (d) yet
19. 19.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) trying new strategies (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) enjoying challenges
20. 20.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
23. 23.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I am not smart.”
24. 24.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
28. 28.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
30. 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
31. 31.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
33. 33.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
36. 36.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) giving up quickly
37. 37.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
40. 40.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True

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