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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 391 · 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.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  2. 2.Which of these helps you improve? (a) saying “who cares” (b) repeating the mistake (c) noting what worked (d) blaming bad luck
  3. 3.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to learn from choices (b) to copy friends (c) to show off (d) to fill pages
  4. 4.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  5. 5.True or false: “asking what to change” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  7. 7.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) trying a new way (c) hiding the mistake (d) asking what to change
  8. 8.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Who did worse?” (b) “Why me?” (c) “Is it over?” (d) “What can I fix?”
  9. 9.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping the review (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) blaming bad luck (d) hiding the mistake
  11. 11.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) asking what to change (c) repeating the mistake (d) checking your answers
  12. 12.True or false: “I was right before, so I’m right now.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “I don’t care what the facts say.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “No, I’m right.” (b) “Thanks, I see it now.” (c) “You’re just lucky.” (d) “I don’t care.”
  16. 16.True or false: “hiding the mistake” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “I was right before, so I’m right now.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these learns nothing? (a) trying a new way (b) noting what worked (c) asking what to change (d) forgetting the lesson
  19. 19.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  21. 21.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  22. 22.Which of these learns nothing? (a) saying “who cares” (b) asking for feedback (c) checking your answers (d) asking what to change
  23. 23.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: hiding the mistake? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  25. 25.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: repeating the mistake? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  26. 26.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  27. 27.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: forgetting the lesson? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking what to change (b) forgetting the lesson (c) blaming bad luck (d) repeating the mistake
  29. 29.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “Start a week earlier.” (b) “It was bad luck.” (c) “Fairs are silly.” (d) “Never again.”
  31. 31.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: noting what worked? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new way (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) asking what to change (d) saying “who cares”
  33. 33.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking what to change? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  34. 34.True or false: “trying a new way” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Being open-minded means… (a) ignoring facts (b) never deciding (c) agreeing with all (d) listening to new ideas
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) forgetting the lesson (c) repeating the mistake (d) checking your answers
  38. 38.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “asking what to change” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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