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