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