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