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