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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 621 · 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) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  2. 2.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  4. 4.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Who did worse?” (b) “What can I fix?” (c) “Is it over?” (d) “Why me?”
  6. 6.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  7. 7.Which of these learns nothing? (a) noting what worked (b) checking your answers (c) hiding the mistake (d) trying a new way
  8. 8.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: forgetting the lesson? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  10. 10.True or false: “asking what to change” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “I was right before, so I’m right now.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) hiding the mistake (c) forgetting the lesson (d) skipping the review
  13. 13.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking what to change? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  14. 14.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  15. 15.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “You’re just lucky.” (b) “No, I’m right.” (c) “Thanks, I see it now.” (d) “I don’t care.”
  16. 16.Which of these helps you improve? (a) blaming bad luck (b) forgetting the lesson (c) repeating the mistake (d) trying a new way
  17. 17.Which of these helps you improve? (a) hiding the mistake (b) forgetting the lesson (c) asking what to change (d) blaming bad luck
  18. 18.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  19. 19.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to learn from choices (b) to fill pages (c) to show off (d) to copy friends
  20. 20.Which of these helps you improve? (a) asking for feedback (b) forgetting the lesson (c) saying “who cares” (d) repeating the mistake
  21. 21.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: hiding the mistake? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  22. 22.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “My way is the only way.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  23. 23.True or false: “repeating the mistake” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “It was bad luck.” (b) “Never again.” (c) “Start a week earlier.” (d) “Fairs are silly.”
  25. 25.True or false: “blaming bad luck” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “skipping the review” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking what to change (b) repeating the mistake (c) forgetting the lesson (d) blaming bad luck
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new way (b) checking your answers (c) saying “who cares” (d) keeping a thinking diary
  29. 29.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  30. 30.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “saying “who cares”” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these helps you improve? (a) hiding the mistake (b) blaming bad luck (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) forgetting the lesson
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) noting what worked (c) hiding the mistake (d) checking your answers
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the mistake (b) trying a new way (c) asking what to change (d) noting what worked
  35. 35.True or false: “repeating the mistake” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these learns nothing? (a) noting what worked (b) trying a new way (c) asking what to change (d) blaming bad luck
  37. 37.True or false: “noting what worked” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “blaming bad luck” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these helps you improve? (a) skipping the review (b) noting what worked (c) hiding the mistake (d) blaming bad luck

Answer key

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

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