Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 527 · 40 questions

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.

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

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