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