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