habits of mind exploration
mrsishman
Habits of mind and thinking dispositions
Group Experience
Goals & Guiding question
Evaluate personal inclinations and dispositions as habits of mind
How do the Habits of Mind contribute to cognitive, social and emotional learning?
Instructions
Write your names
Read and review the Power Point about Habits of Mind (HOM) in the module
This is a group effort; therefore, I need to see all the students’ voices. * The questions are designed to promote collaborative and cooperative learning, therefore, avoid splitting the questions
Submit any readable format to answer the questions (Word, Power Point, PDF). Avoid links to electronic files that require permission to access (there is a penalty for this).
Submit your whole file in the Assignment Dropbox
Question 1
After reading the HOM and watching the video:
What do you each group member think about the HOM?
What puzzles do each person has about its implementation?
How do you want to explore them?
*** You might want to focus on one HOM that is challenging to implement to the majority of the group members
Question 2
Write or record a conversation with your group members about the HOM. Follow these questions:
Recognize a HOM that helps each group member to succeed in making decisions, problem solving or so forth. Use examples to explain
What HOM seems to be difficult to implement in your teaching? Explain
What similarities and differences did you find in your group responses?
Question 3
Watch this story and select at least four HOM that you identify
Explain how and why those HOM helped the protagonist succeed in her project
Question 4
Upon watching the video:
List at least five ideas that you find powerful and explain
Have each group member share an idea to promote thinking dispositions in the classroom (indicate the grade level)
Have each group member connect Thinking Dispositions and the Habits of Mind
Thank you!