Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 88 · 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: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 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.”
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) avoiding challenges (c) enjoying challenges (d) asking for help early
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) enjoying challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) avoiding challenges
6. 6.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) asking for help early
7. 7.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) hiding your mistakes (c) learning from feedback (d) ignoring feedback
8. 8.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) hiding your mistakes
10. 10.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
12. 12.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) praising effort
15. 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
16. 16.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) avoiding challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) envying others
21. 21.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) enjoying challenges (d) giving up quickly
23. 23.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
24. 24.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) envying others (d) trying new strategies
26. 26.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) praising effort
30. 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) practising hard skills (d) ignoring feedback
32. 32.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) enjoying challenges (d) praising effort
33. 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
34. 34.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) never (c) again (d) yet
35. 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
36. 36.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
37. 37.📉 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.”
38. 38.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) envying others (c) ignoring feedback (d) praising effort
39. 39.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True

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