Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 735 · 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) avoiding challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) enjoying challenges (d) giving up quickly
2. 2.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) asking for help early
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) enjoying challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) envying others
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
6. 6.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
9. 9.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) trying new strategies (c) ignoring feedback (d) praising effort
11. 11.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) giving up quickly (c) asking for help early (d) hiding your mistakes
15. 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) giving up quickly (c) learning from feedback (d) practising hard skills
16. 16.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) learning from feedback (c) envying others (d) ignoring feedback
17. 17.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I am not smart.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
18. 18.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You worked so hard!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You are a genius!”
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) asking for help early (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) praising effort
22. 22.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
23. 23.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) again (c) never (d) yet
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
25. 25.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) giving up quickly (c) avoiding challenges (d) ignoring feedback
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) practising hard skills (d) asking for help early
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) giving up quickly (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
29. 29.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “I’ll never draw well.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
30. 30.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
35. 35.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) praising effort (d) avoiding challenges
37. 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
39. 39.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) talent is fixed (c) skills grow with effort (d) smart is born

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