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