This lesson will be utilizing the habits of mind pedagogy. Habits of the mind teach students to think and behave intelligently when they don’t know the answers to problems. In order to complete this project, the students will encounter multiple habits of the mind. 

    In this project the habits of the mind that directly relate to the processes students will be using are:

 persisting, thinking and communicating with clarity and precision, taking responsible risks, striving for accuracy, creating, imagining, innovating, applying past knowledge to new situations, and remaining open to continuous learning.

Employing Habits of Mind requires drawing forth certain patterns of intellectual behavior that produce powerful results. They are a composite of many skills, attitudes and proclivities including:

Value:  Choosing to employ a pattern of intellectual behaviors rather than other, less productive patterns.

Inclination:  Feeling the tendency toward employing a pattern of intellectual behaviors.

 Sensitivity:  Perceiving opportunities for, and appropriateness of employing the pattern of behavior.

Capability:  Possessing the basic skills and capacities to carry through with the behaviors.

Commitment:  Constantly striving to reflect on and improve performance of the pattern of intellectual behavior.

Habits of the Mind

     *  Persisting

    * Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision

    * Managing impulsivity

    * Gathering data through all senses

    * Listening with understanding and empathy

    * Creating, imagining, innovating

    * Thinking flexibly

    * Responding with wonderment and awe

    * Thinking about thinking (metacognition)

    * Taking responsible risks

    * Striving for accuracy

    * Finding humor

    * Questioning and posing problems

    * Thinking interdependently

    * Applying past knowledge to new situations

    * Remaining open to continuous learning

Resources:

www.habits-of-mind.net/