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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 562 · 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.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to copy friends (b) to learn from choices (c) to fill pages (d) to show off
  2. 2.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Is it over?” (b) “What can I fix?” (c) “Why me?” (d) “Who did worse?”
  3. 3.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: checking your answers? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  4. 4.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking what to change (b) checking your answers (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) hiding the mistake
  5. 5.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  6. 6.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  7. 7.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  8. 8.True or false: “noting what worked” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “I never change my mind.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) asking what to change (c) hiding the mistake (d) asking for feedback
  13. 13.True or false: “trying a new way” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: skipping the review? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  15. 15.Which of these helps you improve? (a) skipping the review (b) trying a new way (c) blaming bad luck (d) forgetting the lesson
  16. 16.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “Start a week earlier.” (b) “Fairs are silly.” (c) “Never again.” (d) “It was bad luck.”
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) saying “who cares” (c) hiding the mistake (d) repeating the mistake
  18. 18.True or false: “asking what to change” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “I don’t care what the facts say.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) noting what worked (c) forgetting the lesson (d) asking for feedback
  22. 22.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking what to change (b) checking your answers (c) blaming bad luck (d) noting what worked
  23. 23.True or false: “hiding the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) asking what to change (c) skipping the review (d) hiding the mistake
  27. 27.Which of these learns nothing? (a) skipping the review (b) asking for feedback (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) noting what worked
  28. 28.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  31. 31.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the lesson (b) repeating the mistake (c) saying “who cares” (d) noting what worked
  33. 33.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  34. 34.Which of these helps you improve? (a) hiding the mistake (b) noting what worked (c) blaming bad luck (d) repeating the mistake
  35. 35.True or false: “saying “who cares”” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) saying “who cares” (d) forgetting the lesson
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) noting what worked (c) saying “who cares” (d) trying a new way
  39. 39.True or false: “saying “who cares”” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) hiding the mistake (c) trying a new way (d) skipping the review

Answer key

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

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