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