Purposeful Communication
While delivering a speech, you notice the audience looks confused. You pause, rephrase your points, and clarify your examples to ensure understanding. What habit of mind are you practicing?
What is purposeful communication?
You notice that your team is struggling to meet deadlines, so you gather everyone to identify the root causes, like unclear roles and poor time management. This is the first step in solving the issue.
What is problem framing?
You are a new student at a large university in the city. As you start to meet people, you realize that most people you are meeting have a different background and experiences than you. You are becoming proficient in this signpost.
What is self-awareness?
At the start of the semester, you take time to go over each course syllabus to get a deep understanding of what is being asked of you and what to expect in each class. This is practicing what signpost?
What is responsibility for own learning?
During a job interview, you realize that using technical jargon might confuse the interviewer, who is not in the same field. Adjusting your language demonstrates this habit of mind.
What is awareness of context?
While planning a hiking trip, you realize one major obstacle: a key trail is closed. Recognizing this roadblock is an example of this step in problem solving.
What is challenge identification?
You are participating in a class debate. Your classmates are sharing valuable information. You recognize their perspective but still hold your beliefs. You are practicing this signpost.
What is perspective seeking?
You decided to take an elective art class that is outside your comfort zone as a business administration major. You struggle at first because it is harder than you assumed it would be. You decide to stay in the course and put forth your best effort. You are practicing this signpost.
What is engagement in the learning process?
You are tasked with explaining a complex article to your class. Instead of repeating what you read, you break it down into simpler ideas to ensure everyone understands. What skill are you demonstrating?
What is comprehension?
Question: Your car breaks down on a snowy road. Instead of panicking, in your mind, you run through your options: calling roadside assistance, asking a nearby driver for help, or walking to a service station. This demonstrates this step of problem solving.
What is plan development?
You decide to start walking to class instead of driving to reduce your environmental impact. Although you recognize one person making this change does not have a large impact, you hope that your choice to walk influences other people on campus to walk. This is becoming aware of this signpost.
What is interconnectedness?
What is metacognitive awareness?
You are organizing a community event and write a flyer specifically designed to grab the attention of families with children. This habit ensures your message is focused on your audience.
What is purposeful expression?
During a school fundraiser, you decide to sell baked goods, but halfway through the event, you realize drinks would go hand in hand and make money as well. You adjust the plan by adding beverages. What habit are you showing?
What is decision-making and revision?
You are assigned a semester long group project. Being a part of a group project requires practice in this signpost to be successful.
What is collaboration?
The desire to learn, the ability to set personal goals for learning, and the capacity to engage in a self-monitored learning process are all pieces of this habit.
What is self-regulated learning?
During a group project, you listen to everyone’s ideas and adapt your own suggestions to align with the team’s goals. This approach demonstrates an understanding of what about communication?
What is effective application of strategies for communication?
After implementing a new study schedule, you check your grades at the end of the semester to see if your performance improved. What is this final step in problem solving?
What is evaluation of progress?
Beliefs, ideas, and values are influenced by personal experiences as well as cultural, historical, and political- which are referred to as what?
What are the multiple contextual factors?
No matter how educated or skilled you become in, you will always improve upon these skills.
What is habit of mind?