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