Habits of Mind are the characteristics of what intelligent people do when they
are confronted with problems, the resolutions of which are not immediately
apparent." (Costa)
Understanding what Habits of Mind are, and what each of them encompasses, is
something that develops and deepens as we work with them. The table below gives a
brief description of each Habit of Mind. Note that all the Habits are verbs.
Professor Costa describes the idea of Habits of Mind as well of each of them in more
detail in this art