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