Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset
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.
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- 1.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 3.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 4.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) praising effort
- 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 7.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) asking for help early (c) hiding your mistakes (d) trying new strategies
- 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 13.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 14.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) yet (c) again (d) never
- 15.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) learning from feedback
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) praising effort
- 18.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 19.🏅 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!”
- 20.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 22.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) hiding your mistakes (c) envying others (d) giving up quickly
- 23.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “enjoying challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) learning from feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) trying new strategies
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) hiding your mistakes (c) ignoring feedback (d) giving up quickly
- 29.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 32.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) skills grow with effort (d) effort is useless
- 34.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) practising hard skills (c) learning from feedback (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 37.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) envying others (d) hiding your mistakes
- 39.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- growth mindset
- growth habit
- True
- envying others
- growth habit
- True
- fixed mindset
- hiding your mistakes
- growth habit
- growth habit
- growth mindset
- growth mindset
- yet
- fixed mindset
- learning from feedback
- praising effort
- growth mindset
- “You worked so hard!”
- False
- fixed habit
- practising hard skills
- True
- True
- False
- False
- sticking to easy tasks
- practising hard skills
- False
- True
- fixed habit
- False
- skills grow with effort
- False
- sticking to easy tasks
- fixed mindset
- False
- enjoying challenges
- False
- False
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