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