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