Writing to Learn: Exploring Your Habits of Mind What habits

Last updated: 7/9/2022

Writing to Learn: Exploring Your Habits of Mind What habits of mind do you already possess as you approach this course? To determine this, think about your high school study habits or how you mastered a subject, hobby, or technology inside or outside of school. Then write down your answers to the following questions: • What sparked your interest in the first place? • What questions did you initially have? • How did your questions evolve as you learned more? • How did you go about finding out answers to your questions? • How did the answers you found lead to further questioning or additional research? Having looked back on your experience, which habits of mind did you form as you satisfied your curiosity and followed through on your interest? You may see as you read on that you have a head start on the habits expected of college students.