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