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