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