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Open-Minded Thinking Worksheet: Reflection

Critical thinking lesson 23: Reflecting and an open mind · Set 937 · 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: skipping the review? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  2. 2.True or false: “The new facts change my mind.” is closed-minded. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: blaming bad luck? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  4. 4.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “The new facts change my mind.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  5. 5.🎯 Your science-fair plan did not work well. Which is a useful reflection? (a) “Never again.” (b) “It was bad luck.” (c) “Fairs are silly.” (d) “Start a week earlier.”
  6. 6.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” helps you improve. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these helps you improve? (a) repeating the mistake (b) skipping the review (c) hiding the mistake (d) asking what to change
  8. 8.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: asking for feedback? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping the review (b) noting what worked (c) saying “who cares” (d) repeating the mistake
  10. 10.True or false: “noting what worked” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “forgetting the lesson” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “Let’s test both ideas and see which works.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “keeping a thinking diary” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is different from mine. Tell me more.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  17. 17.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was wrong about the answer. Thanks for showing me.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your answers (b) noting what worked (c) blaming bad luck (d) keeping a thinking diary
  19. 19.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: hiding the mistake? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
  20. 20.Which of these learns nothing? (a) noting what worked (b) forgetting the lesson (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) asking what to change
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) skipping the review (c) repeating the mistake (d) checking your answers
  22. 22.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is open-minded. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: saying “who cares”? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing
  24. 24.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “I don’t care.” (b) “You’re just lucky.” (c) “No, I’m right.” (d) “Thanks, I see it now.”
  25. 25.Which of these helps you improve? (a) hiding the mistake (b) forgetting the lesson (c) repeating the mistake (d) trying a new way
  26. 26.Which of these learns nothing? (a) blaming bad luck (b) noting what worked (c) trying a new way (d) asking for feedback
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new way (b) asking what to change (c) keeping a thinking diary (d) repeating the mistake
  28. 28.True or false: “repeating the mistake” helps you improve. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is closed-minded. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “checking your answers” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “Your idea is silly, so I won’t listen.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  32. 32.Which of these learns nothing? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) asking for feedback (c) checking your answers (d) hiding the mistake
  33. 33.Which of these learns nothing? (a) keeping a thinking diary (b) skipping the review (c) checking your answers (d) trying a new way
  34. 34.True or false: “blaming bad luck” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these helps you improve? (a) asking for feedback (b) blaming bad luck (c) hiding the mistake (d) forgetting the lesson
  36. 36.Which of these helps you improve? (a) checking your answers (b) saying “who cares” (c) hiding the mistake (d) skipping the review
  37. 37.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I never change my mind.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  38. 38.🪞 Open-minded or closed-minded? “I was right before, so I’m right now.” (a) closed-minded (b) open-minded
  39. 39.True or false: “repeating the mistake” learns nothing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: keeping a thinking diary? (a) helps you improve (b) learns nothing

Answer key

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

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