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