Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 650 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) avoiding challenges (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
3. 3.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) skills grow with effort (c) effort is useless (d) talent is fixed
4. 4.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
5. 5.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) envying others (d) sticking to easy tasks
8. 8.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
10. 10.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) enjoying challenges (c) avoiding challenges (d) practising hard skills
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) avoiding challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) avoiding challenges
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) trying new strategies (d) praising effort
17. 17.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I will practise more.”
18. 18.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
20. 20.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
21. 21.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) ever (c) again (d) never
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
23. 23.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
24. 24.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
27. 27.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) ignoring feedback
28. 28.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) giving up quickly (d) envying others
30. 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
31. 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) envying others
32. 32.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
34. 34.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
36. 36.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) ignoring feedback
37. 37.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) asking for help early (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
40. 40.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True

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