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