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