16 Habits of Mind- Culture of Inquiry
Persisting
Managing impulsivity
Listening to others with understanding and empathy
Thinking flexibly
Thinking about our thinking (metacognition)
Striving for accuracy and precision
Questioning and posing problems
Applying past knowledge to new situations
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Gathering data through all the senses
Creating, imagining, and innovating
Responding with wonderment and awe
Taking responsible risks
Finding humor
Thinking Interdependently
Learning Continuously
Managing impulsivity
Listening to others with understanding and empathy
Thinking flexibly
Thinking about our thinking (metacognition)
Striving for accuracy and precision
Questioning and posing problems
Applying past knowledge to new situations
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Gathering data through all the senses
Creating, imagining, and innovating
Responding with wonderment and awe
Taking responsible risks
Finding humor
Thinking Interdependently
Learning Continuously
Seven Thinking Dispositions
The disposition to be broad and adventurous: the tendency to be open-minded, to explore alternative views; an alertness to narrow thinking; the ability to generate multiple options.
The disposition toward sustained intellectual curiosity: the tendency to wonder, probe, find problems; a zest for inquiry; an alertness for anomalies; the ability to observe closely and formulate questions.
The disposition to clarify and seek understanding: a desire to understand clearly, to seek connections and explanations; an alertness to unclarity and need for focus; an ability to build conceptualizations.
The disposition to be planful and strategic: the drive to set goals, make and execute plans, envision outcomes; alertness to lack of direction; the ability to formulate goals and plans.
The disposition to be intellectually careful: the urge for precision, organization, thoroughness; an alertness to possible error or inaccuracy; the ability to process information precisely.
The disposition to seek and evaluate reasons: the tendency to question the given, to demand justification; an alertness to the need for evidence; the ability to weigh and assess reasons.
The disposition be metacognitive: the tendency to be aware of and monitor the flow of one's own thinking; alertness to complex thinking situations; the ability to exercise control of mental processes and to be reflective.”
The disposition toward sustained intellectual curiosity: the tendency to wonder, probe, find problems; a zest for inquiry; an alertness for anomalies; the ability to observe closely and formulate questions.
The disposition to clarify and seek understanding: a desire to understand clearly, to seek connections and explanations; an alertness to unclarity and need for focus; an ability to build conceptualizations.
The disposition to be planful and strategic: the drive to set goals, make and execute plans, envision outcomes; alertness to lack of direction; the ability to formulate goals and plans.
The disposition to be intellectually careful: the urge for precision, organization, thoroughness; an alertness to possible error or inaccuracy; the ability to process information precisely.
The disposition to seek and evaluate reasons: the tendency to question the given, to demand justification; an alertness to the need for evidence; the ability to weigh and assess reasons.
The disposition be metacognitive: the tendency to be aware of and monitor the flow of one's own thinking; alertness to complex thinking situations; the ability to exercise control of mental processes and to be reflective.”
Questions
What are my resources?
How might I break this problem down into its component parts and develop a strategy for understanding and accomplishing each step?
How does this problem affect others?
What resources do I have available or need to generate?
Habits of mind are examples of how a reflective person may respond to the question: "What is the most intelligent thing I can do right now?”
How can I approach this problem flexibly?
How can I draw on my past successes with problems like this?
What questions do I need to ask?
What do I already know about the problem?
Do I need to check out my data success?
How can I illuminate this problem to make it clearer, more precise?
How can I draw upon my repertoire of problem solving strategies?
What can I learn from others that would help me become a better problem solver?
What feelings or emotions am I aware of which might be blocking or enhancing my progress?
How can i look at this problem from a fresh perspective (lateral thinking)?
How might I look at the situation in another way?
What am I aware of in terms of my own beliefs, values and goals with this problem?
How can we solve it together?
What do I know or not know?
What strategies are in my mind now?
How can I learn from this?
How might I break this problem down into its component parts and develop a strategy for understanding and accomplishing each step?
How does this problem affect others?
What resources do I have available or need to generate?
Habits of mind are examples of how a reflective person may respond to the question: "What is the most intelligent thing I can do right now?”
How can I approach this problem flexibly?
How can I draw on my past successes with problems like this?
What questions do I need to ask?
What do I already know about the problem?
Do I need to check out my data success?
How can I illuminate this problem to make it clearer, more precise?
How can I draw upon my repertoire of problem solving strategies?
What can I learn from others that would help me become a better problem solver?
What feelings or emotions am I aware of which might be blocking or enhancing my progress?
How can i look at this problem from a fresh perspective (lateral thinking)?
How might I look at the situation in another way?
What am I aware of in terms of my own beliefs, values and goals with this problem?
How can we solve it together?
What do I know or not know?
What strategies are in my mind now?
How can I learn from this?