Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 571 · 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) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) praising effort (d) ignoring feedback
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
3. 3.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) praising effort (c) practising hard skills (d) avoiding challenges
6. 6.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) trying new strategies
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) asking for help early
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) ignoring feedback
9. 9.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) yet (c) ever (d) again
12. 12.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) practising hard skills (c) envying others (d) learning from feedback
15. 15.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) envying others
17. 17.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
19. 19.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
20. 20.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
21. 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
22. 22.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
24. 24.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) asking for help early (c) practising hard skills (d) enjoying challenges
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) learning from feedback (d) practising hard skills
27. 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) practising hard skills (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
29. 29.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
30. 30.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
32. 32.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You were born smart.”
35. 35.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
36. 36.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I will practise more.”
37. 37.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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