Habits of Mind

Achieving the Dream SummitMarch 22, 2013Jan Connal, Ph.D

Roza Ekimyan, Ed.D

Today’s Outcomes

• Understand the importance of Habits of Mind for classrooms, services and campus

• Identify what Habits of Mind strategies look

like in for classrooms, services and campus

• Consider implications for the classroom, service areas and campus wide.

Habits of Mind

“Habits of Mind are the characteristics of what intelligent people do when they are confronted with problems, the resolutions of which are not immediately apparent.”

Costa

Education is about changing minds.

At its most basic level it is about confronting and changing habits of mind.

Why are Habits of Mind Important in College?

• It is not enough that we teach skills; we want learners to know when to exercise those skills.

It is not enough that we provide information; we want learners to know what to do with that information.

Mindset MattersFixed Mindset

Each person has a fixed amount of intelligence.

– Can cause students to view challenges threatening

– Can cause students to see mistakes as failures and demoralizing.

Growth Mindset

Intelligence is a potential that can be realized through learning.

– Can help students see challenges as roads to gaining intelligence

– Can help students develop constructive reactions to setbacks or mistakes

Carol Dweck

Angela Duckworth

“To help chronically low-performing but intelligent students, educators and parents must

first recognize that character is at least as important as intellect.”

To succeed, you need GRIT

Angela Duckworth

• Choose one Habit of Mind you see students struggling with the most in classrooms, services or on campus.

• Describe what that looks like – how do you know the student has not yet developed the habit of mind?

Where do students struggle the most?

You are MOVING & SHARING…

Sit with 2-4 other people who identified

the same Habit of Mind as an area of

concern.

What HoM looks like in a Classroom

Habit of Mind:

Metacognition(Thinking about your thinking)

Classroom Strategy: Self-regulated Learning

• Forethought and Planning

• Performance Monitoring

• Reflection on Performance

What HoM looks like in a Service Area

• Habit of Mind:

• Thinking Flexibly

Counseling Services: Student Educational Plan

•Planning on completion (Certificate, AA, Transfer) •Understanding the course units to be completed. (Major, general ed., pre-requisites and electives)

Student Education PlanName: ______________________________ID# : ________________________________

Name of Transfer University _____________and for AA Degree __________________

Total Units Required for Transfer or AA Degree_______________

Part 1:

List all of the General Education and Major required courses for transfer for the AA Degree – even if you already completed.

*Class can be used to meet 2 requirements

GE Area Course & Number

Units Pre-requisite

TOTAL GE Units

Student Education PlanPart II: Prerequisite Courses Write your placement score or highest class completed with a C or better for:

Math ___________________________ English ___________________________________

Prerequisites Courses Sequence Needed: Prerequisite Prerequisite TARGET Course

English _____________________ ___________________ _______________________ Math ______________________ ___________________ _______________________ Other ______________________ ____________________ _______________________ Other _____________________ ___________________ ______________________

Student Education Plan

Part III: Semester/Session Plan List courses and the units for the current semester

and each of the next 2 semesters or sessions. Check the box(es) to indicate if the courses is Gen Ed. Major, Prerequisite or Elective – it could be more than one.

Current Semester

Course Unit

GE Major Pre-req Elective

What HoM looks like across Campus

Habit of Mind:Persistence • Campus-wide messages• Outreach & mentoring • Resources • Professional development• Counseling & coaching• Academic support • Student activities• Scholarships & recognition• Outcomes assessment

Persistence

What are the implications for your campus ?

What department, program, course or person could you connect with to help build students’ Habits of Mind?

Consider the Implications