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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 54 · 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.🧠 Being open-minded means… (a) listening to new ideas (b) never deciding (c) ignoring facts (d) agreeing with all
  2. 2.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  3. 3.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “It was bad luck.” (b) “Fairs are silly.” (c) “Start a week earlier.” (d) “Never again.”
  4. 4.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to copy friends (b) to show off (c) to fill pages (d) to learn from choices
  5. 5.True or false: “hiding the mistake” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: checking your answers? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  7. 7.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  8. 8.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Why me?” (b) “Is it over?” (c) “Who did worse?” (d) “What can I fix?”
  9. 9.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these learns nothing? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) noting what worked (c) saying “who cares” (d) asking what to change
  11. 11.Which of these helps you improve? (a) saying “who cares” (b) repeating the mistake (c) forgetting the lesson (d) keeping a thinking diary
  12. 12.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  13. 13.True or false: “checking your answers” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: skipping the review? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  18. 18.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the mistake (b) noting what worked (c) checking your answers (d) asking for feedback
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for feedback (b) noting what worked (c) blaming bad luck (d) keeping a thinking diary
  21. 21.True or false: “noting what worked” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  23. 23.Which of these helps you improve? (a) noting what worked (b) saying “who cares” (c) forgetting the lesson (d) skipping the review
  24. 24.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these learns nothing? (a) noting what worked (b) asking what to change (c) blaming bad luck (d) checking your answers
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting what worked (b) trying a new way (c) asking what to change (d) saying “who cares”
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) forgetting the lesson (c) asking for feedback (d) repeating the mistake
  29. 29.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “My way is the only way.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) skipping the review (c) trying a new way (d) asking for feedback
  31. 31.True or false: “trying a new way” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  33. 33.True or false: “skipping the review” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these helps you improve? (a) forgetting the lesson (b) hiding the mistake (c) skipping the review (d) asking what to change
  35. 35.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  36. 36.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: forgetting the lesson? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  37. 37.True or false: “asking for feedback” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the lesson (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) trying a new way (d) asking for feedback

Answer key

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

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