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Managing impulsivity
(Thinking before acting, remaining calm, thoughtful and deliberative)
• Marie’s calm and thoughtful approach to her work is to be commended.
She thinks issues through carefully before she acts.
• Marie is inclined to rush tasks without adequate forethought. It would be
to her advantage to take a calmer and more measured approach.
• Marie does need to consider her actions before she acts. This could prevent problems from
arising later.
• Marie listens carefully to instructions and directions and successfully incorporates these into her
task development.
• Marie needs to listen to instructions carefully before beginning a task.
• Marie should try to control her tendency to give the first response that comes to her mind.
• Marie can be relied on to give well-thought out responses in class discussions.
Vocab List:
Deliberate Thoughtful Strategic Calm
Patient Controlled Reflective Considered
Planned Mindful
Thinking flexibly
(Being able to change perspectives, generate alternatives, consider
options)
• Marie demonstrates the ability to think flexibly.
• Marie is able to solve difficult problems, often because she has considered
alternative approaches.
• Marie has difficulty considering alternative ways of approaching a task and
relies too heavily on teacher direction.
• Marie should try to be less dogmatic in her thinking and be open to different ways of arriving
at a solution.
• In group work, Marie is often able to use intuition and creativity to help problem solve.
Vocab List:
Adaptable Open-minded Lateral thinker Variety
Alternatives