Learning & Leading With Habits of Mind

At other times, teachers make primary and secondary sources of information accessible: •“Mary, this almanac gives information y ...

Having offered information, the teacher does not interpret but rather asks the students to construct meaning: •“Of the six stude ...

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1993). The evolving self: A psychology for the third millen- nium.New York: HarperCollins. Damasio, A. (19 ...

Years of research have demonstrated the close, intertwined relationship of language and thought. In fact, the cognitive processe ...

Language is a foundation for the Habits of Mind. A person must have both inner languageand expressive languageto be able to deve ...

necessary in the classroom. Each Habit of Mind has a cluster of terms with similar meanings, and the student who can’t remember ...

Diligence Reliant Try and try again Continuing Enduring Stick-to-it-iveness Stamina Te n a c i t y Hang tough Word Splash for Ma ...

Have a plan in mind Inner feelings Thinking aloud Self-aware Inner thoughts Reflective Thinking about Inner dialogue Strategic p ...

Word Splash for Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision Define your terms Enunciate Choice of words Grammatically ...

Word Splash for Taking Responsible Risks Do your thing Challenged Adventuresome Courageous Roving New pathways Exploration Ve n ...

124 Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind Building “Mindful” Language Once the language for naming the Habits of Mind has bee ...

To w a r d a M i n d f u l L a n g u a g e o f L e a r n i n g 125 “What did you think of “What CONCLUSIONS can you this story?” ...

•“You really persistedon that problem.” “You listenedto Danielle and empathizedwith her feelings.” •“I’ll give you some more ti ...

Providing Data, Not Solutions Sometimes we rob children of the opportunity to take charge of their own behavior by providing sol ...

Instead of saying... Use mindful languageby saying... “For our field trip, remember “What must we remember to to bring spending ...

When students say... Use mindful languageby saying... “The answer is 43 pounds, “Describe the steps you took to arrive 7 ounces. ...

of these pieces of information is overtly present in the surface structure of the sentence. The sentence does not say, “Even Ric ...

“Here, I’ll give you an easier “As the puzzles get more difficult, puzzle; then you’ll be how will you use planning like success ...

CONTRAST Two ideas don’t go “He is healthy BUT he together. doesn’t exercise.” CAUSALITY One event causes “Peter went home anoth ...

•Causing students to analyze a task, decide on what is needed, and then act autonomously helps them with their social thinking a ...