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