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