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