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