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