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