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