Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 677 · 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: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) asking for help early (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) enjoying challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) asking for help early
4. 4.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) effort is useless (c) smart is born (d) talent is fixed
6. 6.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
8. 8.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “It’s easy for you.”
9. 9.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) enjoying challenges
10. 10.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
11. 11.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
12. 12.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
14. 14.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) ignoring feedback (d) hiding your mistakes
15. 15.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I am not smart.”
16. 16.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) envying others (d) enjoying challenges
22. 22.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
24. 24.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “Drawing is silly.”
28. 28.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
30. 30.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) giving up quickly (d) praising effort
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) ignoring feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) learning from feedback
33. 33.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
35. 35.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) again (c) never (d) ever
36. 36.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) praising effort
40. 40.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True

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