Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 841 · 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: saying “who cares”? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
2. 2.Which of these helps you improve? (a) hiding the mistake (b) blaming bad luck (c) asking what to change (d) skipping the review
3. 3.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “My way is the only way.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
4. 4.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: forgetting the lesson? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
5. 5.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “skipping the review” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “I don’t care what the facts say.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) repeating the mistake (c) trying a new way (d) forgetting the lesson
9. 9.Which of these helps you improve? (a) asking for feedback (b) hiding the mistake (c) blaming bad luck (d) forgetting the lesson
10. 10.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
11. 11.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: repeating the mistake? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
12. 12.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: checking your answers? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
13. 13.True or false: “asking what to change” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: noting what worked? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
15. 15.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
16. 16.True or false: “noting what worked” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: hiding the mistake? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
18. 18.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “trying a new way” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking what to change? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
23. 23.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: trying a new way? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) repeating the mistake (c) hiding the mistake (d) checking your answers
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new way (b) checking your answers (c) asking for feedback (d) saying “who cares”
26. 26.True or false: “repeating the mistake” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
28. 28.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Why me?” (b) “Is it over?” (c) “What can I fix?” (d) “Who did worse?”
31. 31.🧠 Being open-minded means… (a) ignoring facts (b) agreeing with all (c) listening to new ideas (d) never deciding
32. 32.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking for feedback? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
33. 33.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
36. 36.Which of these helps you improve? (a) saying “who cares” (b) blaming bad luck (c) skipping the review (d) trying a new way
37. 37.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
38. 38.True or false: “saying “who cares”” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
40. 40.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True

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