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