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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 93 · 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) agreeing with all (b) ignoring facts (c) never deciding (d) listening to new ideas
  2. 2.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “asking for feedback” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “Fairs are silly.” (b) “Never again.” (c) “Start a week earlier.” (d) “It was bad luck.”
  5. 5.True or false: “My way is the only way.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  7. 7.True or false: “saying “who cares”” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping the review (b) saying “who cares” (c) trying a new way (d) forgetting the lesson
  11. 11.🪞 After a test, which question helps you most? (a) “Who did worse?” (b) “What can I fix?” (c) “Why me?” (d) “Is it over?”
  12. 12.True or false: “hiding the mistake” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for feedback (b) blaming bad luck (c) noting what worked (d) trying a new way
  14. 14.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) keeping a thinking diary (c) asking what to change (d) hiding the mistake
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) noting what worked (c) trying a new way (d) skipping the review
  17. 17.True or false: “repeating the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  19. 19.True or false: “asking what to change” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting what worked (b) blaming bad luck (c) forgetting the lesson (d) repeating the mistake
  21. 21.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  22. 22.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I don’t care what the facts say.” (a) open-minded (b) closed-minded
  24. 24.True or false: “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “My way is the only way.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  26. 26.Which of these helps you improve? (a) saying “who cares” (b) checking your answers (c) forgetting the lesson (d) skipping the review
  27. 27.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  28. 28.Which of these learns nothing? (a) asking for feedback (b) checking your answers (c) noting what worked (d) forgetting the lesson
  29. 29.True or false: “saying “who cares”” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: forgetting the lesson? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  32. 32.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: hiding the mistake? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking what to change (b) asking for feedback (c) noting what worked (d) repeating the mistake
  34. 34.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  36. 36.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “You’re just lucky.” (b) “Thanks, I see it now.” (c) “No, I’m right.” (d) “I don’t care.”
  37. 37.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) skipping the review (c) noting what worked (d) forgetting the lesson
  38. 38.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these learns nothing? (a) checking your answers (b) asking for feedback (c) blaming bad luck (d) asking what to change
  40. 40.True or false: “blaming bad luck” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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