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