Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 843 · 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.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) effort is useless
2. 2.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) enjoying challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) practising hard skills
4. 4.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You were born smart.” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You are a genius!” (d) “You worked so hard!”
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) envying others (d) trying new strategies
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) hiding your mistakes (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) avoiding challenges
10. 10.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
12. 12.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
14. 14.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) ignoring feedback (d) avoiding challenges
16. 16.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
18. 18.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
19. 19.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “She is just lucky.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
21. 21.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) envying others
22. 22.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) ignoring feedback (d) practising hard skills
23. 23.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) again (c) yet (d) never
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
25. 25.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) asking for help early
27. 27.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) avoiding challenges
30. 30.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
32. 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
33. 33.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
35. 35.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I am not smart.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I’ll ask for help.”
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) avoiding challenges
37. 37.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) practising hard skills (c) learning from feedback (d) asking for help early
40. 40.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False

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