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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 326 · 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” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these helps you improve? (a) asking what to change (b) skipping the review (c) blaming bad luck (d) repeating the mistake
  3. 3.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: noting what worked? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  4. 4.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) asking for feedback (c) blaming bad luck (d) checking your answers
  6. 6.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: skipping the review? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  7. 7.Which of these learns nothing? (a) checking your answers (b) asking for feedback (c) trying a new way (d) hiding the mistake
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking what to change (b) trying a new way (c) asking for feedback (d) forgetting the lesson
  9. 9.True or false: “saying “who cares”” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the mistake (b) repeating the mistake (c) skipping the review (d) asking for feedback
  11. 11.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to show off (b) to learn from choices (c) to fill pages (d) to copy friends
  13. 13.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Why me?” (b) “Who did worse?” (c) “Is it over?” (d) “What can I fix?”
  14. 14.True or false: “I don’t care what the facts say.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “The new facts change my mind.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  16. 16.True or false: “trying a new way” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these helps you improve? (a) blaming bad luck (b) asking for feedback (c) skipping the review (d) forgetting the lesson
  18. 18.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  19. 19.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  20. 20.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “I don’t care.” (b) “You’re just lucky.” (c) “No, I’m right.” (d) “Thanks, I see it now.”
  22. 22.Which of these helps you improve? (a) blaming bad luck (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) skipping the review (d) repeating the mistake
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the mistake (b) asking what to change (c) forgetting the lesson (d) blaming bad luck
  24. 24.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “I was right before, so I’m right now.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these learns nothing? (a) checking your answers (b) asking what to change (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) blaming bad luck
  27. 27.True or false: “I don’t care what the facts say.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these learns nothing? (a) skipping the review (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) noting what worked (d) trying a new way
  30. 30.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: forgetting the lesson? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  31. 31.Which of these helps you improve? (a) blaming bad luck (b) noting what worked (c) hiding the mistake (d) skipping the review
  32. 32.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “skipping the review” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “It was bad luck.” (b) “Start a week earlier.” (c) “Never again.” (d) “Fairs are silly.”
  38. 38.Which of these helps you improve? (a) skipping the review (b) blaming bad luck (c) repeating the mistake (d) trying a new way
  39. 39.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. asking what to change
  3. helps you improve
  4. helps you improve
  5. blaming bad luck
  6. learns nothing
  7. hiding the mistake
  8. forgetting the lesson
  9. True
  10. asking for feedback
  11. False
  12. to learn from choices
  13. “What can I fix?”
  14. True
  15. open-minded
  16. True
  17. asking for feedback
  18. open-minded
  19. learns nothing
  20. True
  21. “Thanks, I see it now.”
  22. keeping a thinking diary
  23. asking what to change
  24. True
  25. True
  26. blaming bad luck
  27. False
  28. True
  29. skipping the review
  30. learns nothing
  31. noting what worked
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. “Start a week earlier.”
  38. trying a new way
  39. False
  40. True

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