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