1. With Rebecca, Serria, and Jeremiah
Habits of Mind
With Rebecca, Serria, and Jeremiah

2. #1 Persistence
Definition- Facing a problem and never giving up; being able to find a different strategy
Examples: Don’t give up easily, analyze the problem, collect evidence and evaluate
Non-Examples: “I can’t do it”, “It’s to hard”, put any answer down just to get it done

3. #2 Managing Impulsivity
Definition-controlling impulse in a situation
Examples:Think before they act, know the whole problem before acting, and consider alternatives
Non-Examples:Blurt out first answer, start work without reading the whole paper, take first suggestion

4. #3 Listening with Understanding and Empathy
Definition- Using body language and paraphrasing to learn about someone else.
Examples: Hearing beneath the words, developing deeper silences, slowing the minds hearing.
Non-Examples: Interrupt, unable to build upon, can’t consider the merits.

5. #4
Definition- When someone is very open-minded and can consider all perspectives
Examples: Lateral thinking, good listeners
Non-Examples: Selfish, one way of thinking, close minded

6. #5 Thinking about Thinking (Metacognition)
Definition-The ability to think about your own thinking
Examples: Making mental maps, developing a plan of action, repeating it before doing it
Non-Examples: Done take time to examine, no strategy, not alert

7. #6 Definition- Double checking to make sure it is exactly right
Examples: Excellence, review models, re-working
Non-Examples: Sloppy work, incomplete, uncorrected work

8. #7 Definition- Ability to ponder and come up with a solution
Examples: They ask “what if questions”, recognizes discrepancies, make causal connections
Non-Examples: Pose simple questions intending for maximal results, when confronted with discrepancies they lack overall strategy, unaware of function, classes, intentions in questions

9. #8 Applying past knowledge
Definition- Being able to learn from mistakes and use that to figure out new problem
Examples: Draw forth experiences from their past, references to their experiences, call upon their store of knowledge
Non-Examples:Being new tasks as if they were seeing it for the first time, each experience has no before or anything to come, doesn’t remember how they showed the problem.

10. #9 Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision
Definition- Filtering thoughts then speaking and writing accurately
Examples: Avoid over generalizations, avoid vague languages, using precise language
Non-Examples: Non-descriptive words vague, imprecise language, vague nouns

11. #10 Gathering Data through All Senses
Definition-Noticing the enviroment around you through multiple pathways
Examples:From mental images, hands-on, build models
Non-Examples:Listen but not participate, not get hands dirty, describe but not illustrate

12. #11 Creating, Imaging, Innovating
Definition-Thinking from many angles
Examples:Seek feedback, craftsmanship, perfection
Non-Examples:”I can’t draw”, “I was never good at art”, extrinsically

13. #12 Definition-Mysterious seekers
Examples:Search for problems to solve, enjoy a challenge, seek intriguing phenomena
Non-Examples:Avoid problems, turn off to learning, recoil from situations

14. #13 (Taking Responsible Risks)
Definition-Thoughtful experimenting
Examples: These people usually strive for
precision and accuracy and also use past knowledge to
solve problems
Non-examples: Reluctant to take risks, only
Want the right answer

15. Definition- A form of mutual playfulness
#14 Finding Humor
Definition- A form of mutual playfulness
Example: Using humor to promote higher-level
Thinking skills, Having humor to help you think of stories
In a different way, Having a whimsical frame of mind
Non-examples: Using humor to humiliate others,laughing
At others, using humor in the wrong places

16. #15 Thinking Interdependently
Definition- Working well with others
Examples: Openness to accept feedback, giving up an idea to work with someone else, support group efforts
Non-Examples: Unable to contribute to group work, job hogs

17. # 16 Remaining open to continuous Learning
Definition- The quest for meaningful knowledge is critical and never ending
Examples: Meet opportunities with mystery and wonder, learning
Non-Examples: Meet opportunities with fear, knowing