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