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