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