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