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