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