Art Costa Language—Elementary

Tahoma Language—Secondary

 

 

1. Persisting

Persistence

Direct teach

2. Managing impulsivity

Deliberateness

Direct teach

3. Listening to others with understanding and empathy

Empathy

Attending

Direct teach

4. Thinking flexibly

Flexibility

Direct teach

5. Thinking about our thinking

Metacognition

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7. Questioning and posing problems

Inquisitiveness

Direct teach

8. Applying past knowledge to new situations

 

Direct teach

 

9. Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision

 

Direct teach

11. Creating, imagining and innovating

Fluency

Originality

Direct teach

13. Taking responsible risks

Risk-Taking

Direct teach

14. Finding humor

 

Model

15. Thinking interdependently

 

Model

6. Striving for accuracy and precision

Precision

Model

10. Gathering data through all senses

 

Model

12. Responding with wonderment and awe

 

Model

16. Learning continuously

 

Model

 

Elaboration

Attending