5 Intelligent Behaviors

In my classroom!

Thinking Interdependently

Dombrowski, 2004

Thinking Interdependently

ExampleEmpathy, the ability to listen to other’s thoughts and feelings over yours. (Kellough, 2011)SupportThe instant I hear a student putting down other’s ideas, I can jump in and ask, “What is a more inventing way to challenge someone else’s idea?”

Metacognition

Metacognition

ExampleTemple Grandin. In the past few years Temple Grandin has arisen as an educational icon. She expounds on how she thinks and how she used that knowledge to function with Autism.SupportI have students talk through the process of their ideas. I also provide graphic organizers in order to organize their thoughts.

Persistance

Vidal Pedia, n.d.

Persistence

ExampleClara Barton. In 1882 was rewarded for her continued force and effort in creating the American Red Cross (Kellough, 2011)SupportStart Students off with small tasks and build them up to larger ones so they can see success at intermitent levels and believe that persistance can work for them.

Creating

Pasukaru76, 2013

Creating, Imagining, and Innovating

ExampleStudents constantly make products in class. I also have them design and create a home for a historical person.SupportI can encourage students to make whatever they think will work, encourage them to try a zany idea too!

Thinking Flexibly

Cable, 2014

Thinking Flexibly

ExampleLooking at World War II from a German citizen’s perspective.SupportI can provide unharmonious accounts of the same events, or simply different perspectives, and have students explain rationalize the differences.

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http://www.behance.net• Dombrowski, Q. (2004). Collaboration. Retrieved from

https://www.flickr.com • Jurvetson, S. (2010). Rain Man’s Rainbow. Retrieved from

https://www.flickr.com• Kellough, R. D., & Kellough, N. G. (2011). Secondary school

teaching: A guide to methods and resources(4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.

• pasukaru76. (2013). Hub-14. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com • Vidal Pedia. (n.d.). Clara Barton Award. Retrieved from

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