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