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