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Persistance || Type in the content of your page here. (Group 4) 1. Habit 6. Reinforcing the habit in all classrooms so that students come to know that this is the expectation. 2. Having a standardized rubric that all teachers are following. In addition to rubrics to have students self-reflect on their learning process and pair and share or group critiques that give students an opportunity to give each other feedback. Teacher focuses students to provide more than one reason and support their reasons. 3. Questioning techniques that engage students to give more than one word responses constructive in nature. 4. Starting the year with a lesson on "Habits of Mind" then posting in classroom to focus on skills.
 * Questions || Habit || Habit || Habit
 * When do you see that habit - or glimmer of that habit- being employed right now by your students? What triggers or helps to encourage that habit? ||  ||   || Engaged students interested in subject/project - student driven topic/final project, relationship to students' interests, new media or expectations ||
 * How can we structure our classrooms to help support that habit? ||  ||   || Become the ideal student driven environment by incorporating student input as often as possible. Providing rubrics, expectations and allowing students to demonstrate their problem solving skills by deriving the rest. ||
 * What changes could we make to our student projects or classwork to promote that habit? ||  ||   || Formative assessment along the way, student driven ideas and approaches shared as part of teh curriculum. Student participation in discussions, rather than lecture based teaching. ||
 * What conversations could you have with your students todiscuss the Habits of Mind? ||  ||   ||   ||