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Habits of Mind

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Three Quests

Quest Estimated Time: 50 - 60 minutes

Please complete in order & submit separately. If you find that the first quest is enough for you... then stop there and move on to something else.

Context

Habits of Mind are what successful people do when they are solving problems, being creative, being thoughtful, and basically succeeding in their endeavours.

The wonderful thing about Habits of Mind is that they encompass what we want for our students, and in so doing, include concepts and potential strategies for self-regulation, thoughtfulness, effective organization, creativity, relationship building, academic achievement, and so much more.

Habits of Mind truly belongs in all superpower categories, but was

included in Elemental because many teachers appreciate and integrate the habits that deal with communication and self-regulation.
included in Power because of the obvious potential to improve pedagogical practice. The Power Quest can be found below the Elemental Quest.

Quest I Content

Steps 2 & 3 are below Quest II

Activities:

View Video on the right, and

Read about the Habits of Mind for thoughts and ideas

Read about the Habits of Mind taking note of thoughts and strategies you think might be useful to your Classroom Management.

Quest II Content Choices 1 & 2

Quest II Content Choice 1

View a set of short interviews with Art Costa, provided by James Anderson, Director of Mindful by Design, Affiliate Director of the Institute for Habits of Mind.

You can watch the embedded videos below in order or visit the YouTube Playlist to pick and choose a video:

https://youtu.be/eS5ImjPqTNs?list=PLstSoo0Jzj1NPR0y9CNXmjk7nayPfK8Yj

Quest II Content Choice 2

Read this PDF, which is a guide to the videos above and that provides additional information. This resource is also provided by James Anderson.

Steps 2 & 3

Process/Representation

Reminder of how to handle Pro-D Quests

Use the SELF-DIRECTED REPEATING QUEST IN BYTEDECK.

Please remember to NOT submit any work which does not conform to these givens:

All instructions followed carefully and completely.
Time on Task: Engagement in the quest is substantial enough to warrant the XP for the quest. A 60 XP quest has what looks like approximately 60 - 70 minutes of work completed.
Engagement is thoughtful and meaningful: Obvious attempts have been made to engage in the content of the quest in a way that is meaningful to the person completing the quest. View Exemplars which demonstrate this Given (Critical Reflection Exemplars are a good starting point)
Undergraduate Level Engagement: Evidence of fairly deep handling of the topic; references made to assigned reading|viewing; connections made between assigned reading|viewing and other referenced material; concepts fully explained; opinions fully backed up… View Exemplars which demonstrate this Given (Critical Reflection Exemplars are a good starting point)
It is the responsibility of the student to note when a quest has been returned or when there is an instructor comment on a quest.

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