
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Persistence Triangle

Friday, October 23, 2009
Life=Risk
Two Habits of Mind--Persisting and Taking Responsible Risks--are evident in this inspirational video.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Persisting through Trial and Error

New research indicates that students learn more effectively through trial and error. This article in Scientific American reports the findings of a recent study by researchers at UCLA, who discovered that trying and failing to retrieve an answer is actually helpful to learning. By practicing the Habit of Mind of persisting through the process of trial and error, students may, in fact learn better.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Finding Humor
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Grit = Persisting?
In this article published in the Boston Globe (8/2/09), scientific research and historical antedotes suggest that habits of mind, like persisting, contibute more to success in life than more easily measured cognitive traits, like IQ. Psychologists have termed the ability to set long-term goals and to persist in the face of obstacles as "grit," which sounds exactly like the first Habit of Mind, Persisting. The article suggests that MCAS and other tests administered by schools don't really measure what's truly important in predicting achievement.
Do you have grit? Try the Grit Scale, created by researchers at the University of Pennsylvannia.
Do you have grit? Try the Grit Scale, created by researchers at the University of Pennsylvannia.
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