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