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