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