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