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