The document discusses characteristics of intelligent behavior and ways to support them in the classroom. It describes thinking flexibly by approaching problems from different angles and considering alternate views. For questioning and posing problems, it recommends allowing student questions and having students create word problems. For thinking interdependently, it suggests forming mixed-skills groups to complete projects. The document also discusses communicating clearly, managing impulsivity, striving for accuracy, and experiencing wonderment through hands-on learning.

1. Characteristics of
Intelligent Behavior

2. Thinking Flexibly
Examples:
 Able to approach problems from a different angle
 Willing to consider alternate points of view

3. Thinking Flexibly
Supporting that characteristic in the
classroom:
 Brainstorm different ways to solve a problem.
 Have students try more than one of those methods.

4. Questioning and Posing
Problems
Examples:
 Asking questions
 Developing problem-solving strategies to
investigate their questions

5. Questioning and Posing
Problems
Supporting that characteristic in the
classroom:
 Open the floor for student questions.
 Have students work in groups to come up with
word problems that model each situation, and solve
together.

6. Thinking Interdependently
Examples:
 Working with others
 Learning from others

7. Thinking Interdependently
Supporting that characteristic in the
classroom:
 Form groups of students with mixed skill levels.
Have them complete a project together which each
student being responsible for equal amounts of
work.

8. Thinking and Communicating
with Clarity and Precision
Examples:
 Communicating with accuracy

9. Thinking and Communicating
with Clarity and Precision
Supporting that characteristic in the
classroom:
 Have students teach part of a lesson.
 Have the teaching student pose questions to the class
to see how well he was understood.
 Have the teaching student open the floor for
questions to see how clearly understood his answers
are.

10. Managing Impulsivity
Examples:
 Thinking before acting
 Exercising self control

11. Managing Impulsivity
Supporting that characteristic in the
classroom:
 Have students raise their hands and wait to be
called on.

12. Striving for Accuracy
Examples:
 Taking time to check work
 Reviewing directions
 Hesitating to come to a conclusion with limited
information

13. Striving for Accuracy
Supporting that characteristic in the
classroom:
 Ask students to double check work before turning it
in.
 When a student answers a question in class, ask him
to defend his answer.

14. Responding with
Wonderment and Awe
Examples:
 Experiencing joy throughout the learning process

15. Responding with
Wonderment and Awe
Supporting that characteristic in the
classroom:
 Ask students what they enjoy doing. Find ways
that math can be involved in these things.
 Create hands-on learning experiences for the
students to become engaged in.