16+Habits+of+Mind

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The 16 Habits of Mind identified by Costa and Kallick include:
 * 1) Persisting
 * 2) Managing impulsivity
 * 3) Listening with understanding and empathy
 * 4) Thinking flexibly
 * 5) Thinking about thinking
 * 6) Striving for accuracy
 * 7) Questioning and posing problems
 * 8) Applying past knowledge to new situations
 * 9) Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
 * 10) Gathering data through all senses
 * 11) Creating, imagining, innovating
 * 12) Responding with wonderment and awe
 * 13) Taking responsible risks
 * 14) Finding humour
 * 15) Thinking interdependently
 * 16) Remaining open to continuous learning

Think Different
We can argue all day whether or not "Think Different" should be "Think Differently", but Apple's inspiring commercial captures the essence of what we should value and what we should cultivate in our schools. Students, teachers and parents should feel free to be one of the "crazy ones" that the commercial lauds.

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Art Costa
Art Costa developed the 16 Habits of Mind as a framework for understanding the qualities and the dispositions that will lead people to success. Here, he articulates his vision of the meaning of the 16 habits.

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=Success is nothing new=

Art Costa and Bena Kallick are not the only people to explore the idea of the habits of successful people. The video below from TEDTalksgives credence to this idea of success coming from an acquired and practised set of habits and behaviours. The spirit of the 16 Habits of Mind is evident in Richard St John's 8 Secrets of Success.

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