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