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