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