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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 364 · 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.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “It was bad luck.” (b) “Never again.” (c) “Start a week earlier.” (d) “Fairs are silly.”
  2. 2.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “The new facts change my mind.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “who cares” (b) blaming bad luck (c) forgetting the lesson (d) noting what worked
  4. 4.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) asking what to change (c) hiding the mistake (d) trying a new way
  6. 6.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “hiding the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  9. 9.True or false: “asking what to change” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: repeating the mistake? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  11. 11.True or false: “checking your answers” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: noting what worked? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  14. 14.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  15. 15.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the mistake (b) saying “who cares” (c) blaming bad luck (d) asking for feedback
  17. 17.Which of these helps you improve? (a) noting what worked (b) blaming bad luck (c) hiding the mistake (d) saying “who cares”
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for feedback (b) trying a new way (c) noting what worked (d) forgetting the lesson
  19. 19.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to copy friends (b) to fill pages (c) to show off (d) to learn from choices
  20. 20.Which of these helps you improve? (a) hiding the mistake (b) saying “who cares” (c) blaming bad luck (d) asking what to change
  21. 21.Which of these learns nothing? (a) repeating the mistake (b) noting what worked (c) asking for feedback (d) trying a new way
  22. 22.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking what to change? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  23. 23.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) trying a new way (c) saying “who cares” (d) checking your answers
  24. 24.True or false: “I was right before, so I’m right now.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “who cares” (b) trying a new way (c) checking your answers (d) noting what worked
  27. 27.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Who did worse?” (b) “Is it over?” (c) “What can I fix?” (d) “Why me?”
  28. 28.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking what to change (b) hiding the mistake (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) noting what worked
  31. 31.True or false: “I was right before, so I’m right now.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  33. 33.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) forgetting the lesson (c) checking your answers (d) saying “who cares”
  35. 35.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) blaming bad luck (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) asking what to change
  36. 36.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking for feedback? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  37. 37.True or false: “skipping the review” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: skipping the review? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  39. 39.True or false: “saying “who cares”” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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