Learning & Leading With Habits of Mind

Then, upon completion of the task, the teacher invites the group to reflect upon its application of and skillfulness in using th ...

of contexts. They also come to recognize that the Habits of Mind are a val- ued part of the way teachers approach their role. Pu ...

(for a list of such books, go to http://www.habits-of-mind.net)..) For example, the story of The Little Engine That Could (Piper ...

In this type of lesson, teachers can also begin to diagnose where the students’ development of the Habits of Mind lies in relati ...

The 17th student wrote the dedication page and did the artwork for the cover. Last year, I began teaching Habits of Mind all yea ...

Te a c h e r s m i g h t p r o m p t t h e s t u d e n t s ’ aw a r e n e s s a n d u n d e r s t a n di n g of the Habits of Mi ...

To i n c r e a s e t h e i r u n d e r s t a n di n g o f t h e v a r i o u s H a b i t s o f M i n d , t e a c h - ers can invi ...

•In working on these math problems, which of the Habits of Mind will help us? •As we are reading, which of the Habits of Mind wi ...

•Give examples from their own experience. •Identify, when asked to reflect on a task, which of the Habits of Mind they drew upon ...

it also extends and develops students along several of the developmental continuums. However, a unit of study that included only ...

not only the use of the Habits of Mind, but also the specific skills, tools, and strategies that are involved. These are identif ...

Is Your Instruction Habit Forming? 85 FIGURE 5.1 Skills and Strategies for Persisting Persisting: What to do when I get stuck Ce ...

consequences for each. They should teach new strategies and focus on transfer, linkage, sequences, and situations in which the h ...

These lessons should provide new, novel, or more complex opportu- nities in which students may apply the Habits of Mind. The deg ...

The teacher can present students with cognitively demanding prob- lems, the answers to which are not immediately apparent. A mor ...

•What effects did this thinking have on your group’s pro- ductiveness and efficiency? •What are some indicators and evidence of ...

with a role when you’re really interested and concerned with the topic. I can see why it is important to match a role with a per ...

•Describe how they are using the Habits of Mind spontaneously in their lives. •Observe, give feedback on, advocate, and teach ot ...

they would describe their metacognitive strategies and their findings of power and efficacy as learners using the Habits of Mind ...

Modeling the Habits of Mind Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. —Albert Einst ...