Habit of Persistence

This article is very interesting because the habits of mind can be helpful when developing good problem solving skills. Many times students want immediate answers to everything but helping s... See More

This article is very interesting because the habits of mind can be helpful when developing good problem solving skills. Many times students want immediate answers to everything but helping students develop this habit of mind (persistent) will help the student not to rely only on the teacher for answers, but rather use the tools that they already possess. I recommend this article because it makes a lot of sense and can help teachers model the persistence for students to follow.

You Can Do It!

After a short discussion about the effective implementation of the habits of the mind this author describes what she does to encourage students to analyze a problem and design an effective w... See More

After a short discussion about the effective implementation of the habits of the mind this author describes what she does to encourage students to analyze a problem and design an effective way to solve it using scientific inquiry and measurement. She stresses the need for students to be persistent, to stick to a more complex problem and try to solve it instead of giving up. She provides two activities that she uses with her 7th grade students to encourage persistence.