A Habit of Mind is knowing how to behave intelligently when you DON'T know the
answer.
■ A Habit of Mind means having a disposition toward behaving intelligently when
confronted with problems, the answers to which are not immediately known:
dichotomies, dilemmas, enigmas and uncertainties.
■ Our focus is on performance under challenging conditions that demand strategic
reasoning, insightfulness, perseverance, creativity, and craftsmanship. The critical
attribute of intelligent human beings is not only having information, but also knowing how
to act on it.
■ Employing Habits of Mind requires drawing forth certain patterns of intellectual behavior
that produce powerful results. They are a composite of many skills, attitudes and
proclivities including: