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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 502 · 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: repeating the mistake? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  2. 2.True or false: “asking for feedback” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “Start a week earlier.” (b) “Fairs are silly.” (c) “It was bad luck.” (d) “Never again.”
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new way (b) checking your answers (c) noting what worked (d) blaming bad luck
  6. 6.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  7. 7.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  8. 8.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) forgetting the lesson (c) blaming bad luck (d) trying a new way
  9. 9.True or false: “asking what to change” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  11. 11.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  12. 12.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “The new facts change my mind.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  14. 14.True or false: “blaming bad luck” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the mistake (b) asking for feedback (c) asking what to change (d) trying a new way
  17. 17.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  19. 19.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) checking your answers (d) hiding the mistake
  20. 20.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: hiding the mistake? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  21. 21.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the mistake (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) checking your answers (d) asking for feedback
  25. 25.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to copy friends (b) to learn from choices (c) to show off (d) to fill pages
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) asking for feedback (c) hiding the mistake (d) saying “who cares”
  27. 27.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  28. 28.True or false: “asking what to change” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new way (b) forgetting the lesson (c) asking for feedback (d) keeping a thinking diary
  31. 31.True or false: “I don’t care what the facts say.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “I don’t care.” (b) “Thanks, I see it now.” (c) “You’re just lucky.” (d) “No, I’m right.”
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) saying “who cares” (c) hiding the mistake (d) skipping the review
  36. 36.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) noting what worked (c) blaming bad luck (d) asking what to change
  37. 37.Which of these helps you improve? (a) asking what to change (b) skipping the review (c) blaming bad luck (d) hiding the mistake
  38. 38.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “hiding the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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