Coping with Complexity Checklist —Middle School

 

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Sometimes

Rarely/

Never

Comments

Student seeks out challenging problems and demonstrates a desire to learn from them.

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Student enjoys working on difficult tasks.

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Student implements strategies for beginning and continuing to work on a problem.

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Student breaks big problems into smaller parts.

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Student prioritizes tasks.

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Student continues to try different strategies when an answer is not immediately apparent.

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Student works enthusiastically on problems that do not have simple, correct answers.

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Student switches easily from one kind of task to another without losing train of thought.

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Student concentrates in noisy and active environments.

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