Habit of Mind Conclusion

Part 1: Self-Assessment Rubric – 2nd time

Now that you have spent some time on each HOM take a few moment and again score yourself on the rubric.

Category Exemplary Habits Proficient Habits Apprentice Habits Beginning Habits

1. Persisting I consistently stick I stick to the task I stick to the task I can’t stick to a
to a task and am most of the time and some of the time; task. I need to be
persistent. I am am somewhat sometimes I have to more persistent and
focused. I strive to persistent. I focus be reminded to keep focus more. I get
reach my goal. quite often and I on task. I could upset when the
look for ways to improve my focus. answer to a problem
reach my goal. Sometimes I give up. is not immediately
known.
2. Managing I think before I act. I Most of the time I I frequently interrupt I blurt out the first
Impulsivity form a vision of the think before I act. and blurt out in answer that comes
product, plan of Sometimes I class. Sometimes I to mind. I don’t
action, or goal. I consider think before I act. I consider
always consider consequences and need to improve on alternatives. I make
consequences and alternatives. Most of controlling my judgments before
alternatives. I the time I remain impulses in a more fully understanding
remain calm, calm, thoughtful, mature manner. the problem. I
thoughtful, and and deliberate. don’t control my
deliberate. impulses.

3. Listening to Others I spend a large Sometimes I listen I seldom listen to I ridicule, laugh at,
w/ Understanding amount of time to others. others. If I’m and put down the
and Empathy listening. I can Sometimes I can interested, I can ideas of others. I
accurately paraphrase another partially paraphrase cannot build upon
paraphrase another person’s idea. another person’s another person’s
person’s idea. I can Sometimes I can idea. I don’t care ideas. I rehearse
detect emotional read body about body what to say instead
states in oral and language. I try to language. I need to of truly listening. I
body language. I understand many improve on don’t try to see a
understand diverse different understanding other different point of
perspectives. perspectives, but I people’s points of view.
could improve. view.

4. Thinking Flexibly I can change my Sometimes I change I seldom consider I have difficulty
mind, especially my mind and seek other points of considering different
when I get additional new approaches to view. I need to work points of view. It’s
information. I create problems. on thinking flexibly. my way or the
and seek novel Sometimes I can I consider changing highway! Even if I
approaches to generate alternatives my mind when I receive additional
problems. I can and consider receive additional data, I won’t change
generate alternatives different options, data and my mind.
and consider options but I need to keep information.
because I can look at remembering to
ideas in another way. look at ideas in
another way.
5. Metacognition I have the ability to Sometimes I have I seldom have the I don’t take time to
(thinking about understand what I do the ability to ability to understand reflect upon my
your thinking) know and what I understand what I what I do know and experiences. I don’t
don’t know. I form do know and what I what I don’t know. I wonder why I’m
mental questions as I don’t know. I seldom form mental doing what I’m
search for sometimes form questions as I search doing. I can’t explain
information and mental questions as for information and how I make
meaning. I am able I search for meaning. I need to decisions. I can’t
to reflect upon and information and be able to reflect evaluate if I’m
evaluate my meaning. I am able upon and evaluate efficient in my
thoughts and to reflect upon and my thoughts and thinking and I don’t
feelings. I am aware evaluate my feelings. care about the
of my own actions thoughts and effects of my actions
and how my actions feelings when I on others.
affect others. really try.
6. Striving for I strive for excellence Sometimes I strive I seldom strive for I turn in sloppy and
Accuracy in everything I do for excellence in excellence in incomplete work. I
without being a everything I do. I anything I do. I am am anxious to get rid
perfectionist. I am am frequently seldom focused on of assignments. I
focused on focused on accomplishing a task. don’t care about
accomplishing a task. accomplishing a I like producing accuracy and
I like producing task. mediocre work and I precision. I put in
exceptional work and Sometimes I like seldom am proud of minimum effort. I
being proud of my producing my work. I don’t don’t set high
work. I rework tasks exceptional work and rework tasks to standards and I just
to improve the final being proud of my improve the final try to get by. I don’t
results. I always try work. Sometimes I results. I seldom try put forth much
my best and set high rework tasks to my best and I don’t effort at all.
standards. improve the final set very high
results. I should try standards.
my best and set high
standards more
often.
7. Questioning and I enjoy finding I frequently enjoy I seldom enjoy I don’t have a
Problem Posing problems to solve. I finding problems to finding problems to strategy to find
ask myself questions solve. Sometimes I solve. I don’t ask answers and I don’t
to fill in the gaps ask myself questions myself questions to realize that
between what I to fill in the gaps fill in the gaps questions vary in
know and don’t between what I between what I complexity,
know. I make know and don’t know and don’t structure, and
connections and can know. I sometimes know. I can’t make purpose. I only pose
see relationships. I make connections connections and simple questions. I
like to pose high and sometimes see can’t see have a hard time
level questions and relationships. I like relationships. I don’t figuring out what
hypothetical to pose high level like to pose high data is missing and I
problems to solve. I hypothetical level questions and don’t ask questions
have a questioning questions and hypothetical when I have to solve
attitude. I can figure problems to solve at problems to solve. I a problem.
out what data is times. I should strive seldom have a
missing and create to have a more questioning attitude.
strategies to questioning attitude.
produce answers to
problems.
8. Applying Past I learn from previous Sometimes I learn I seldom learn from I don’t learn from my
Knowledge to New experiences. I call from previous previous previous
Situations upon my store of experiences. I experiences. I experiences. I don’t
knowledge to solve sometimes call upon seldom call upon my remember how I
new challenges. I my store of store of knowledge solved previous
can abstract knowledge to solve to solve new problems. I don’t
meaning from one new challenges. I challenges. I can’t apply
experience and apply can sometimes abstract meaning meaning and
it to a new situation. abstract meaning from one experience experience from the
I like to use what I from one experience and apply it to a new past to new
learn and transfer and apply it to a new situation very often. I situations. I don’t
that knowledge situation. I need don’t really like to transfer knowledge
beyond the situation improvement on use what I learn and from one situation
in which it was how to use what I transfer that to a similar
experienced. I use learn and transfer knowledge beyond situation.
what I learn! that knowledge the situation in
beyond the situation which it was
in which it was experienced.
experienced.
9. Thinking and I communicate I sometimes I seldom I like to use vague
Communicating accurately and communicate communicate and imprecise
with Clarity and eloquently in both accurately in both accurately in either language because I
Precision written and oral written and oral written or oral form. think it’s cool. I use
form. I use precise form. I frequently I don’t use precise non- descriptive
language, I can use precise language, I can’t words about junk
define terms, and I language, I can define terms, and I and stuff. I
support my sometimes define don’t support my exaggerate and am
statements with terms, and I statements. I need unclear in my
explanations, sometimes support to strive to be more communication.
reasoning, my statements with accurate and precise People often ask
comparisons, and explanations, in my me for clarification.
evidence. reasoning, communication
comparisons, and skills.
evidence.
10. Gathering Data I like to learn from I sometimes like to I seldom like to I am oblivious to
through all Senses: hands-on learn from hands-on learn from hands- textures, patterns,
taste experiences and experiences and on experiences and sounds, and colors
touch observe the observe the observe the around me. I am
environment around environment environment reluctant to touch
smell
me. I form mental around me. I around me. I don’t and get my hands
hearing
images and engage in sometimes form form mental images dirty. I don’t
sight visual-spatial mental images and and engage in participate in role-
reasoning tasks. engage in visual- visual-spatial playing; I only want
I take information in spatial reasoning reasoning tasks. I to describe it. I
through my senses tasks. Sometimes I seldom take operate within a
and solve problems take information in information in narrow range of
through scenarios through my senses through my senses sensory problem
and role- playing. I and solve problems and seldom solve solving strategies.
pay attention to the through scenarios problems through
world around me. I and role-playing. I scenarios and role-
like to gather data need to pay more playing. I seldom
through all of my attention to the pay attention to the
senses. world around me world around me. I
and attempt to need to gather data
gather data through through my all of
my all of my senses. my senses more
often.
11. Creating, I challenge myself to Sometimes I think of I seldom think of I am not creative. I
Imagining, and think of original, original, ingenious, original, ingenious, think creative
Innovating ingenious, and and creative and creative people are just born
creative products, products, solutions, products, solutions, that way. I have
solutions, and and techniques. I and techniques. I difficulty seeing
techniques. I like to sometimes like to seldom like to look more than one
look at alternative look at alternative at alternative solution to a
possibilities from possibilities from possibilities from problem. I don’t
many angles. I am many angles. I am many angles. I am consider alternative
open to constructive frequently open to not really open to possibilities.
criticism. I start with constructive constructive
a vision and work criticism. I should criticism. I am not
backwards. start being more visionary.
visionary.
12. Responding with I enjoy figuring Sometimes I enjoy I seldom enjoy I perceive thinking
Wonderment and things out by myself. figuring things out figuring things out as hard work. I am
Awe I challenge myself to by myself. by myself. I seldom turned off to
be a lifelong learner. Sometimes I challenge myself to learning. I avoid
I am curious about challenge myself to enjoy learning. I am challenging classes
the world around enjoy learning. I am not very curious and I often think,
me. I have fun frequently curious about the world “When am I ever
looking for problems about the world around me. I going to use this
to solve and I am around me. seldom have fun stuff?” I am bored.
passionate about Sometimes I have looking for problems I avoid any
learning. I find the fun looking for to solve and I am not challenges. I am
world awesome, problems to solve passionate about passive in class and
mysterious, and and sometimes I learning. I seldom I tune everything
intriguing. enjoy learning. I find the world out.
don’t really find the awesome,
world awesome, mysterious, and
mysterious, and intriguing.
intriguing.
13. Taking Responsible I take educated and I sometimes take I seldom take I have a fear of
Risks responsible risks. I educated and educated and failure. I hold back
am not impulsive. I responsible risks. I responsible risks. I and miss
have an urge to go am not very am kind of opportunities. I am
beyond established impulsive. impulsive. I seldom more interested in
limits. I am Sometimes I have an have an urge to go knowing whether an
challenged by the urge to go beyond beyond established answer is correct or
process of finding established limits. I limits. I am not very not, not in the
the answer. I view am somewhat challenged by the process of finding
setbacks as challenged by the process of finding the answer. I avoid
interesting, process of finding the answer. I don’t ambiguous situations
challenging, and as the answer. view setbacks as and have a need for
an opportunity for Sometimes I view interesting, certainty. I don’t like
growth. I like to setbacks as challenging, or as an to venture out.
venture out and try interesting, opportunity for
new experiences. challenging, and as growth.
an opportunity for
growth.

14. Finding Humor I appreciate and Sometimes I I seldom appreciate I find humor in all the
understand humor. I appreciate and and understand wrong and
am able to laugh at understand humor. I humor. I am not inappropriate places
myself. I have the frequently am able really able to laugh such as human
ability to perceive to laugh at myself. I at myself. I seldom differences, violence,
situations from an sometimes have the have the ability to dangerous and
original and ability to perceive perceive situations injurious behavior,
interesting vantage situations from an from an ineptitude, and
point. I am verbally original and original and profanity. I am not
playful and I enjoy interesting vantage interesting vantage able to laugh at
absurdity, irony, and point. I am kind of point. I am not myself, but I enjoy
satire. People say I verbally playful and I verbally playful and I laughing at others. I
have a sense of sometimes enjoy don’t really enjoy am unable to
humor. I challenge absurdity, irony, and absurdity, irony, and distinguish between
myself to find the satire. Sometimes satire. situations which
whimsical and people say I have a People don’t often demand compassion
unexpected. sense of humor. I say I have a sense of and those that are
need to work on humor. I have a truly funny.
finding and hard time finding
appreciating the the whimsical and
whimsical and unexpected.
unexpected.
15. Thinking I am sensitive to the Sometimes I am I am seldom sensitive I am unable to
Interpedently needs of others. I sensitive to the to the needs of contribute to group
realize that many needs of others. I others. I don’t often work. I am not a
people working frequently realize realize that many team player. I am
together on a team that many people people working not open and willing
are more powerful working together on together on a team to accept feedback. I
intellectually and/or a team are more are more powerful prefer isolation and
physically. I have a powerful intellectually and/or solitude. I am either
heightened ability to intellectually and/or physically. I don’t a job hog or I let
think in concert with physically. have a heightened others do all the
others. I am a team Sometimes I have a ability to think in work.
player. I am able to heightened ability to concert with others.
work and learn from think in concert with I am not really a
others. others. Sometimes I team player.
consider myself to
be a team player.

16. Remaining Open to I challenge myself to Sometimes I I seldom challenge I would rather just
Continuous always be open to challenge myself to myself to be open to give an answer than
Learning learning and be a be open to learning. learning. I seldom explore alternatives
lifelong learner. I I frequently search search for new and and inquire. I am
constantly search for for new and better better ways and I certain I know every
new and better ways ways and I don’t really enjoy answer and I prefer
and I enjoy exploring sometimes enjoy exploring one correct answer.
alternatives. I admit exploring alternatives. I don’t I am not curious and
when I don’t know alternatives. like to admit when I open-minded. I
something and Sometimes I admit don’t know confront learning
strive to learn. I when I don’t know something. I seldom with fear and I am
view problems as something. I need view problems as not a lifelong
valuable to recognize valuable learner.
opportunities to problems as opportunities to
learn. I have so opportunities to learn.
much to learn! learn.
 Part 2: Reflection Questions
Answer the following questions with complete sentences

1. This second time, which TWO Habits of Mind do you excel at?
Are these the same or different than the initial assessment in week 1?
The two Habits of mind I excel at are thinking interdependently and responding with wonderment and awe.
Yes they are different from week 1.

2. Again, looking at this second rubric, which TWO Habits of Mind could you improve?
Are these the same or different than the initial assessment in week 1?

The two I can improve on is Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision and Striving for Accuracy.
They are different from week 1

3. How important are the HOM?  (1 = unimportant to 10 = very important).  Why?

HOM are important id say 9 because your mindset is very important for being successful. Why if you have a habit of mind
then you will start to build bad habits outside of your mind.
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