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