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