Describing the Habits of Mind" Managing Impulsivity Goal - directed, self - imposed delay of gratification is perhaps the essence of emotional self - regulation: the ability to deny impulse in the...




Describing the Habits of Mind"
Managing Impulsivity
Goal
-
directed, self
-


imposed delay of gratification is perhaps the essence of emotional self


-


regulation: the ability to deny impulse in the service of a goal, whether it be building a business,


solving an algebraic equation, or pursuing the Stanley Cup.



Daniel Goleman


Effective problem solvers are deliberate: they think before they act. They intentionally establish


a vision of a product, an action plan, a goal, or a destination before they begin


. They strive to


clarify and understand directions, they develop a strategy for approaching a problem, and they


withhold immediate value judgments about an idea before they fully understand it. Reflective


individuals consider alternatives and consequences


of several possible directions before they


take action. They decrease their need for trial and error by gathering information, taking time


to reflect on an answer before giving it, making sure they understand directions, and listening


to alternative points


of view.


Often, students blurt out the first answer that comes to mind. Sometimes they shout an


answer, start to work without fully understanding the directions, lack an organized plan or


strategy for approaching a problem, or make immediate value judgmen


ts about an idea


(criticizing or praising it) before they fully understand it. They may take the first suggestion


given or operate on the first idea that comes to mind rather than consider alternatives and the


consequences of several possible directions. R


esearch demonstrates, however, that less


impulsive, self


-


disciplined students are more successful. For example, Duckworth and Seligman


(2005) found


Highly self


-


disciplined adolescents outperformed their more impulsive peers on every academic


performance v


ariable, including report


-


card grades, standardized achievement test scores,


admission to a competitive high school and attendance. Self


-


discipline measured in the fall


predicted more variance in each of these outcomes than did IQ, and unlike IQ, self


-


disc


ipline


predicted gains in academic performance over the school year. (p. 940)


summarize it.


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