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