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Persistence
Stick to it! Persevering in task through to completion; remaining
focused. Looking for ways to reach your goal when stuck. Not giving up. |
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Managing Impulsivity
Take your Time! Thinking before acting; remaining calm, thoughtful and
deliberative. |
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Listening with Empathy and Understanding
Understand Others! Devoting mental energy to another person's thoughts
and ideas; Make an effort to perceive another's point of view and emotions |
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Thinking Flexibly
Look at it Another Way! Being able to change perspectives, generate
alternatives, consider options |
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Thinking about your Thinking : Metacognition
Know your knowing! Being aware of your own thoughts, strategies,
feelings and actions and their effects on others. |
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Striving for Accuracy
Check it again! Always doing your best. Setting high standards.
Checking and finding ways to improve constantly. |
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Applying Past Knowledge
Use what you Learn! Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge
beyond the situation in which it was learned. |
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Questioning and Posing Problems
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 |
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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. |
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Gathering 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 |
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Creating, Imagining & Innovating
Try a different way! Generating new and novel ideas, fluency,
originality |
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Responding With Wonderment and Awe
Have fun figuring it out! Finding the world awesome, mysterious and
being intrigued with phenomena and beauty. Being passionate. |
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Taking Responsible Risks
Venture out! Being adventuresome; living on the edge of one's
competence. Try new things constantly. |
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Finding Humor
Laugh a little! Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected.
Being able to laugh at oneself. |
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Thinking Interdependently
Work together! Being able to work in and learn from others in
reciprocal situations. Team work. |
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Remaining Open to Continuous Learning
Learn from experiences! Having humility and pride when admitting we
don't know; resisting complacency. |
