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