- Persisting
Stick to it! Persevering in task through to completion; remaining focused. Looking for ways to reach your goal when stuck. Not giving up.
- Managing impulsivity
Take your Time! Thinking before acting; remaining calm, thoughtful and deliberative.
- Listening with understanding and empathy
Understand Others! Devoting mental energy to another person’s thoughts and ideas. Make an effort to perceive another’s point of view and emotions.
- Thinking flexibly
Look at it Another Way! Being able to change perspectives, generate alternatives, consider options.
- Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition)
Know your knowing! Being aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and their effects on others.
- Striving for accuracy
Check it again! Always doing your best. Setting high standards. Checking and finding ways to improve constantly.
- Questioning and problem posing
How do you know? Having a questioning attitude; knowing what data are needed and developing questioning strategies to produce those data. Finding problems to solve.
- Applying past knowledge to new situations
Use what you Learn! Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned.
- Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Be clear! Striving for accurate communication in both written and oral form; avoiding over generalizations, distortions, deletions and exaggerations.
- Gather data through all senses:
Use your natural pathways! Pay attention to the world around you Gather data through all the senses; taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight.
- Creating, imagining, and innovating
Try a different way! Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, originality
- Responding with wonderment and awe
Have fun figuring it out! Finding the world awesome, mysterious and being intrigued with phenomena and beauty.
- Taking responsible risks
Venture out! Being adventuresome; living on the edge of one’s competence. Try new things constantly.
- Finding humour
Laugh a little! Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected. Being able to laugh at oneself.
- Thinking interdependently
Work together! Being able to work in and learn from others in reciprocal situations. Team work.
- Remaining open to continuous learning
Learn from experiences! Having humility and pride when admitting we don’t know; resisting complacency.
