August 09, 2005
Plan for success in science class by modeling intelligent behaviors:
• Decrease impulsivity
• Listen to others
• Practice persistence
• Think flexibly
• Think about thinking
• Strive for accuracy and precision
• Question and pose problems
• Apply knowledge to new situations
• Think and communicate with clarity and precision
• Gather data using all your senses
• Demonstrate ingenuity, originality, insightfulness: creativity
• Respond with wonderment and awe
*From A.L. Costa’s Habits of Mind*
Posted by Ms. Larkin
