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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 454 · 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.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  2. 2.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) asking what to change (c) blaming bad luck (d) trying a new way
  3. 3.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  4. 4.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to learn from choices (b) to copy friends (c) to fill pages (d) to show off
  6. 6.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking what to change? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  7. 7.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  8. 8.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  9. 9.Which of these helps you improve? (a) forgetting the lesson (b) blaming bad luck (c) saying “who cares” (d) asking for feedback
  10. 10.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: trying a new way? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  12. 12.Which of these helps you improve? (a) hiding the mistake (b) skipping the review (c) forgetting the lesson (d) trying a new way
  13. 13.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Who did worse?” (b) “Why me?” (c) “What can I fix?” (d) “Is it over?”
  14. 14.Which of these learns nothing? (a) checking your answers (b) forgetting the lesson (c) trying a new way (d) keeping a thinking diary
  15. 15.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  16. 16.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: forgetting the lesson? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  17. 17.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  18. 18.True or false: “repeating the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “skipping the review” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these learns nothing? (a) checking your answers (b) saying “who cares” (c) asking for feedback (d) trying a new way
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the lesson (b) checking your answers (c) asking what to change (d) noting what worked
  22. 22.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: skipping the review? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  25. 25.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 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.”
  27. 27.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) repeating the mistake (c) checking your answers (d) keeping a thinking diary
  28. 28.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “You’re just lucky.” (b) “Thanks, I see it now.” (c) “No, I’m right.” (d) “I don’t care.”
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting what worked (b) blaming bad luck (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) asking what to change
  32. 32.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  33. 33.True or false: “asking what to change” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “hiding the mistake” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: repeating the mistake? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  37. 37.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these learns nothing? (a) hiding the mistake (b) noting what worked (c) trying a new way (d) asking for feedback
  40. 40.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “My way is the only way.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded

Answer key

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

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