Learning & Leading With Habits of Mind

Teaching the Habits of Mind

Use the following key to complete the table:

1 = Not yet 2 = Sometimes 3 = Usually 4 = Consistently

You may wish to focus only on those Habits of Mind that you have iden-
tified as priorities for your students.

In my classroom...

Habits of Mind

Persisting

Managing impulsivity

Listening with understanding

and empathy

Thinking flexibly

Thinking about thinking

(metacognition)

Striving for accuracy

Questioning and

posing problems

Applying past knowledge

to new situations

Thinking and communicating

with clarity and precision

Gathering data through

all senses

Creating, imagining,

innovating

Responding with

wonderment and awe

Taking responsible risks

Finding humor

Thinking interdependently

Remaining open to

continuous learning

400 Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind

This habit

is an

explicitly

valued

behavior

for my

students.

I plan

lessons

to give

students

opportu-

nities to

engage in

this habit.

This habit is

evaluated

and

reflected

upon as a

valued

learning

outcome.

I plan

for the

develop-

ment and

improve-

ment of

this habit

in students.

A strategy

or an idea

I might use

to improve

my teaching

of this

habit could

be...