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