El «Council of writing program administrators», el «National council of teahcers of English», y el «National writing project», han identificado estos 8 hábitos como esenciales para el éxito como escritor:
- Curiosity: the desire o know more about the world;
- Opennes: the willingness to consider new ways of being and thinking in the world;
- Engagement: a sense of invesment and involvement in learning;
- Creativity: the ability to use novel approaches for generating, investigating, and representing ideas;
- Persistence: the ability to sustain interest in and attention to short – and long – term projects;
- Responsability: the ability to take ownership of one´s action and understand the consequences of those actions for oneself and others;
- Flexibility: the ability to adapt to situations, expectations, or demands;
- Metacognition: the ability to reflect on one´s own thinking as well as the individual and cultural processes used to structure knowledge.
El documento siguiente provee de una explicación completa sobre cada hábito:
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