Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 95 · 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: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
3. 3.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “It’s easy for you.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
4. 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
7. 7.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) learning from feedback
9. 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) enjoying challenges (c) hiding your mistakes (d) avoiding challenges
10. 10.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “envying others” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
14. 14.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
15. 15.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
16. 16.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
17. 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
18. 18.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) again (c) yet (d) ever
20. 20.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) hiding your mistakes (c) asking for help early (d) ignoring feedback
22. 22.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) practising hard skills (c) trying new strategies (d) learning from feedback
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) avoiding challenges
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) hiding your mistakes (c) giving up quickly (d) avoiding challenges
25. 25.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
26. 26.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) ignoring feedback (c) avoiding challenges (d) learning from feedback
30. 30.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
31. 31.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) effort is useless (c) smart is born (d) talent is fixed
32. 32.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
34. 34.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) enjoying challenges (d) ignoring feedback
38. 38.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False

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