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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 141 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. closed-minded
  3. False
  4. False
  5. open-minded
  6. open-minded
  7. listening to new ideas
  8. saying “who cares”
  9. closed-minded
  10. True
  11. False
  12. True
  13. True
  14. saying “who cares”
  15. True
  16. “Start a week earlier.”
  17. helps you improve
  18. hiding the mistake
  19. closed-minded
  20. False
  21. helps you improve
  22. asking what to change
  23. learns nothing
  24. “What can I fix?”
  25. open-minded
  26. asking what to change
  27. True
  28. learns nothing
  29. False
  30. False
  31. trying a new way
  32. closed-minded
  33. asking for feedback
  34. False
  35. open-minded
  36. learns nothing
  37. True
  38. True
  39. checking your answers
  40. closed-minded

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