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