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