The PRISM and Habits Integration Project
- Mar 30
- 10 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
The PRISM Exam is not a test that measures how much knowledge a student can memorize and recall. Rather, it evaluates one’s ability to understand the surrounding environment, explore the underlying principles behind phenomena, and apply those principles to create new ideas. In short, it is an assessment of creativity and applied thinking.
Introduction
The PRISM and Habits Integration Project is designed to help students enhance their ability to achieve results through creativity-centered thinking skills and habit-based executive skills.
Good habits create order in thinking, and structured thinking gives rise to creativity. This project guides students to research and improve their daily habits through exploration, enabling them to develop both creative problem-solving skills and self-directed execution.
Through this process, students establish the creative thinking framework required to perform at the level expected for the PRISM Exam.
Phase 1: Foundational design and participant selection (1 week)
1.1. Understanding the PRISM and Habits frameworks
1.1.1. Understanding the two models
Understand the core principles of the PRISM model — the structure of creative thinking, principle transfer, and the habit of discovering principles in everyday life — and the Habits model — the importance of habits, the relationship between learning and habits, self-regulation, and achievement motivation.
Tasks :
Create the following comparison table:
Left column: Key features of the PRISM model
Right column: Key features of the Habits model
Checkpoints :
Go beyond listing facts — highlight how each model approaches the same challenge in distinct ways.
Examine whether and how each model presents the possibility of integrating creative thinking and habit formation.
1.1.2. Analyzing common principles
Identify the shared learning and thinking principles emphasized by both the PRISM and Habits models.
Tasks :
Review the key concepts of both models side by side, asking: “In which areas do the two models overlap, and where do they differ?” Record your observations.
Break down the structure of habits embedded in both models — formation, maintenance, and application.
Explain how each model connects the idea of “habit” to creative thinking.
Draft a template that allows recording of the process of habit execution at the top level, and the related phenomena and principles at the lower level.
Checkpoints :
Focus on the broader framework of how both models view habits — their principles, purposes, and methods of application.
1.1.3. Identifying applicable habits
Connect each student’s personal habits with their academic interests and develop them into a single research project.
Tasks :
Select one element from your daily routine (e.g., exercise, errands, or household tasks).
Analyze the detailed steps of the chosen habit and record each stage carefully using the drafted template.
For every step, describe which principle operates and how it influences the process.
Checkpoints :
When documenting each step of the habit, look for hidden or implicit transitions — the before-and-after moments or unnoticed processes — and include them in your analysis.
1.2. Pilot group formation and experimental framework design
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