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