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