Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 812 · 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) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) trying new strategies (d) ignoring feedback
2. 2.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) trying new strategies
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) learning from feedback
7. 7.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) envying others (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
8. 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) ignoring feedback (d) giving up quickly
9. 9.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
10. 10.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “asking for help early” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
13. 13.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
15. 15.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I’ll never draw well.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) praising effort
18. 18.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) praising effort (c) learning from feedback (d) giving up quickly
22. 22.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I need a new plan.” (d) “I am not smart.”
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) envying others (c) avoiding challenges (d) giving up quickly
24. 24.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “It’s easy for you.” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You are a genius!”
25. 25.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) practising hard skills (d) learning from feedback
26. 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
27. 27.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) praising effort
29. 29.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) hiding your mistakes (c) avoiding challenges (d) envying others
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
34. 34.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) giving up quickly (c) practising hard skills (d) praising effort
35. 35.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
36. 36.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
38. 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
39. 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
40. 40.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False

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