Tendency to try actively to analyze problems, ask questions, and get information. Students acquire and use strategies for learning and problem solving. Students acquire and use strategies for appropriately getting and giving help in learning. Staff communicate to all students that they are already competent learners and are able to become even better through their persistent use of strategies and by reflecting on their efforts. Classroom practice holds students accountable for using learning, problem solving, and helping strategies.
Students are persistent when working on challenging problems.
Students are expected and taught to play an active role in monitoring and managing the quality of their learning. Teachers scaffold students' performance during initial stages of learning, then gradual ly remove supports. Student products meet publicly agreed upon standards of quality. Experts from within the school or from the community critique and guide student work. Learning strategies and thinking are overtly modeled and discussed.