Student Pages

Intelligent Behaviours

Persistence
Keep on having a go even when it seems too hard.
Intelligent people stick to the task and don't give up too easily. Persistent people use a range of strategies to solve problems. Did you demonstrate persistence?

Not being too impulsive
Impulsive people act on the first idea they think of. If people are managing their impulses they
: Identify and revisit their goals
: Have a strategy plan for solving problems
: Explore different strategies and think about the consequences

Listening with Empathy
Really listening carefully to others.
When you demonstrate an understanding of other people's ideas or feelings you are showing empathy.
Can you put yourself in that person's shoes?
Did you really listen?

Flexible Thinking
Flexible thinkers are open minded about ideas.
They are:
· Willing to change their minds
· Confident to express an option
· Able to resolve conflicts through compromise
Did you consider all the possibilities?

Metacognition
An awareness of one's own thinking.
Able to describe what thinking is going on in your head by:
· Developing a plan of action before solving a problem.
· Thinking about our thinking How were you thinking?

Checking for Accuracy
Desiring exactness, clarity and perfection
Putting in an effort to check your work.
How did you check your work?

Questioning
Asking good questions is one of the characteristics of intelligent people.
Students need to develop the ability to ask questions and find problems for themselves - it is not just the teacher's role.
Did you question and make inquiries?

Drawing on past knowledge
Building on what we already know.
Intelligent people learn from experience.
They gain meaning from one experience, build on it and apply the meanings to new situations.
What did you already know, what are your new learnings?

Clarifying Language
Language is sometimes confusing, vague and not accurate. Did you use appropriate language to:
· Correctly define situations
· Correctly define problems
· Define qualities of the world around them
Did you use appropriate language?

Using all the senses
Intelligent people maximise all their input by using all of the senses.
Maximising the ways we input information makes the information in our brains more powerful.
How did you use your brain?

Be Creative and taking Risks
Being creative and taking risks, being ingenious and insightful provide people with the courage they need to brainstorm and create solutions to problems that may be faced.
How have you been creative?
What risks did you take?

Wonderment- Being Inquisitive
Being curious wondering about the world and enjoying problem solving helps people become effective thinkers.
Intelligent people are curious and fascinate with what is going on around them.
What fascinated you today?
What did you find curious?