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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 779 · 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: forgetting the lesson? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  2. 2.True or false: “repeating the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the mistake (b) trying a new way (c) skipping the review (d) saying “who cares”
  4. 4.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  5. 5.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “checking your answers” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  8. 8.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  9. 9.True or false: “hiding the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I don’t care what the facts say.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  11. 11.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “My way is the only way.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  12. 12.Which of these helps you improve? (a) saying “who cares” (b) noting what worked (c) blaming bad luck (d) forgetting the lesson
  13. 13.Which of these helps you improve? (a) blaming bad luck (b) skipping the review (c) checking your answers (d) forgetting the lesson
  14. 14.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for feedback (b) checking your answers (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) repeating the mistake
  17. 17.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for feedback (b) trying a new way (c) noting what worked (d) saying “who cares”
  19. 19.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “It was bad luck.” (b) “Start a week earlier.” (c) “Fairs are silly.” (d) “Never again.”
  20. 20.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  21. 21.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: noting what worked? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  22. 22.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: checking your answers? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  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 of these learns nothing? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) asking what to change (c) noting what worked (d) blaming bad luck
  25. 25.True or false: “I don’t care what the facts say.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking what to change (b) blaming bad luck (c) saying “who cares” (d) skipping the review
  27. 27.True or false: “asking for feedback” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “saying “who cares”” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Who did worse?” (b) “Why me?” (c) “Is it over?” (d) “What can I fix?”
  32. 32.True or false: “asking what to change” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new way (b) asking what to change (c) noting what worked (d) blaming bad luck
  34. 34.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “Thanks, I see it now.” (b) “No, I’m right.” (c) “You’re just lucky.” (d) “I don’t care.”
  35. 35.True or false: “skipping the review” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these learns nothing? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) asking what to change (c) trying a new way (d) forgetting the lesson
  37. 37.True or false: “asking what to change” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: skipping the review? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  39. 39.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking for feedback? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve

Answer key

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

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