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The

16 Habits of Mind

Habits of Mind is knowing how to behave intelligently when you DON'T know the answer. It means having a disposition toward behaving intelligently when confronted with problems, the answers to which are not immediately known: dichotomies, dilemmas, enigmas and uncertainties.           -Art Costa

 

The 16 Habits of Mind identified by Costa and Kallick are:

 

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Persisting

Managing Impulsivity

 with Understanding

& Empathy

Thinking Flexibly

Thinking About Thinking

Striving for Accuracy

Questioning & Posing Problems

Listening 

 to New Situations

Applying Past Knowledge

Communicating with Clarity and Presision

Gathering Data Through All Senses

Creating, Imagining, Innovating

Responding with 

 Wonderment and Awe

Taking Responsible Risks

Finding

Humor

Thinking

 

Interdependently

Continuous

Learning

Remaining

Open

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