Habits of Mind

Thinking about Thinking

 Also known as metacognition
What does it
mean to think
about
thinking? To be aware of one’s own
thoughts, feelings, intentions
and actions
Drive Your Brain
• What does it mean to drive your brain?
• What are the benefits to driving our brains well?
• For example: sometimes we might need to
put on the brakes (e.g., by reviewing a
reading passage to make sure that we
understand it) or step on the gas (e.g. by
jotting down and organizing notes for an
essay instead of getting stuck on how to
start it)
• We need to keep our brains moving in the
correct lane and along the best route to achieve
our goals
 Understanding what I know and what I don’t know

Reflecting on what I am doing and how I could do it better

How can I Understanding my own motivations and why I do the things I do

think about
my thinking? Being aware of how my actions affect others

Forming mental questions as I search for information and meaning

Monitoring thinking processes or problem solving and determining

whether the solution worked well
Using a
Metacognitive
Approach
What does this look like
in school?
What does this look like
outside of school?