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