![]() ![]() Because the final goal of the activity is to write a paper, students who listen with understanding will be rewarded with having more to say. Students who listen to their classmates, whether they agree or disagree, might gain an insight they would have missed otherwise. With the DBQ Project 6-Step Method, time for students to speak and to listen to one another’s ideas abounds. Devoting mental energy to another person’s thought and ideas making an effort to perceive another’s point of view and emotions. Listening with Understanding and Empathy: Understand others. Because the task is challenging and requires many steps, a student can only be successful if he persists. DBQ Project DBQs give students an opportunity to practice persistence. Using sources as evidence can be challenging and deciding how to word an answer to a central question requires imagination. Reading primary and secondary sources to find an answer to a question is not easy! Finding “answers” requires students to make inferences and find patterns among sources. Persisting: Stick to it! Persevering in a task through completion remaining focused looking for ways to reach your goal when stuck not giving up. ![]() ![]() The core values of The DBQ Project correspond to many habits of mind. Earlier versions of this research suggested there were seven habits of mind, but now, Costa and Kallick are inviting others to identify Habits of Mind they may have overlooked. Costa and Bena Kallick, in their book, Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind (2008) identified 16 of the attributes humans display when they behave intelligently. Horace Mann once observed that “habit is a cable we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.” During the late 20th century, researchers began to identify characteristics of effective thinking, successful people, and intelligent behavior. ![]()
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