1. Getting Started With Students

2. Definition of Habits of Mind
The social, emotional and academic dispositions that help students respond thoughtfully to challenges and problems the answers to which are not immediately apparent. — Costa and Kallick (2008)
Tony Wagner: “What I find most significant about this list is that they represent a set of skills and habits of mind that can be nurtured, taught and mentored.”

3. What do you hear yourself saying? How would you like them to be?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR PEERS THAT MAKES YOU THINK ALL COULD LEARN HOW TO THINK MORE EFFECTIVELY?
What do you see yourself doing?
What do you hear yourself saying?
How are they feeling?
How would you like them to be? 11

4. HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO BE
LIST PHRASES IN HERE . Break the group into 16 pairs. If you are not going to introduce all of the habits at once, just make groups for the number of habits you will be introducing.

5. HABITS OF MIND Discussion
READ AND DEFINE IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS
GIVE EXAMPLES: WHAT DO YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAYING OR SEE THEM DOING AS THEY USE THE HABIT OF MIND?
DESCRIBE SITUATIONS WHEN IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THE HABIT OF MIND
Instruction for the groups. Each group has a habit. They should take the text from the article on Habits of Mind. 11

6. CREATE A 3 MIN PRESENTATION TO THE GROUP
Find images or photos that create an understanding of the habit.
Create a movie
Script a skit
Make a poster
TAKE A RESPONSIBLE RISK!!
You have 20 minutes for this activity 11

7. COMPARE YOUR LIST OF ATTRIBUTES:
“HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE?”
WITH THE LIST OF HABITS OF MIND.
FIND SIMILARITIES
Resources: Where did they com from?
Glatthorn
Feuerstein
Sternbeg
Perkins
Gardner
Goleman 11

8. Habits of Mind Persisting Managing impulsivity
Listening with understanding and empathy
Thinking flexibly
Thinking about thinking
Striving for accuracy
Questioning and posing problems
Applying past knowledge to new situations
Finding humor
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Gathering data through all senses
Creating, imagining, innovating
Responding with wonderment and awe
Taking responsible risks
Thinking interdependently
Remaining open to continuous learning
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