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