Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 109 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (What can I fix?): Open-minded: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.”, “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” Closed-minded: “I never change my mind.”, “I don’t care what the facts say.”, “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” Helps you improve: noting what worked, asking what to change, asking for feedback. Learns nothing: blaming bad luck, hiding the mistake.

1. 1.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: checking your answers? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
2. 2.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) saying “who cares” (c) hiding the mistake (d) asking for feedback
3. 3.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the mistake (b) trying a new way (c) skipping the review (d) saying “who cares”
5. 5.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
6. 6.True or false: “hiding the mistake” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to show off (b) to copy friends (c) to learn from choices (d) to fill pages
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the mistake (b) skipping the review (c) checking your answers (d) forgetting the lesson
9. 9.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
11. 11.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
12. 12.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking what to change? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
13. 13.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
14. 14.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: noting what worked? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
15. 15.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: hiding the mistake? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
16. 16.Which of these helps you improve? (a) skipping the review (b) hiding the mistake (c) noting what worked (d) repeating the mistake
17. 17.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the mistake (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) skipping the review (d) repeating the mistake
21. 21.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “Never again.” (b) “Start a week earlier.” (c) “Fairs are silly.” (d) “It was bad luck.”
23. 23.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
24. 24.Which of these learns nothing? (a) checking your answers (b) asking what to change (c) forgetting the lesson (d) trying a new way
25. 25.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking what to change (b) blaming bad luck (c) asking for feedback (d) keeping a thinking diary
26. 26.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) blaming bad luck (c) trying a new way (d) forgetting the lesson
27. 27.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Who did worse?” (b) “Why me?” (c) “Is it over?” (d) “What can I fix?”
29. 29.True or false: “I was right before, so I’m right now.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) trying a new way (c) asking what to change (d) skipping the review
31. 31.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) asking for feedback (c) skipping the review (d) asking what to change
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “who cares” (b) checking your answers (c) trying a new way (d) keeping a thinking diary
36. 36.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
37. 37.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking what to change (b) asking for feedback (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) blaming bad luck
39. 39.🧠 Being open-minded means… (a) agreeing with all (b) never deciding (c) ignoring facts (d) listening to new ideas
40. 40.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False

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