Learning & Leading With Habits of Mind

Learning Through Feedback Spirals You can never step into the river of time twice. —Heroclitus Feedback improves your learning a ...

Assessing Habits of Mind 195 FIGURE 11.1 Continuous Growth Through Feedback Spirals Source: Costa and Kallick, 1995, p. 27. Revi ...

Study, reflect, evaluate.Whether this is an individual or an organi- zational change, how are the results congruent with stated ...

As students are becoming more alert to the habits, are they able to find the “mindful language” that is embedded in assignments, ...

“SMART” to help with the goal-setting process. The acronym is defined as follows: Specific—For a goal to be meaningful, it must ...

Checklists It is important for students to know what to look for as they target their goals for improvement. Checklists help to ...

checklist and looking for evidence of when students are showing these actions. Students self-assess using the format shown in Fi ...

Assessing Habits of Mind 201 Listening with Understanding and Empathy Name: ____________________________________________________ ...

of the work, the teacher can ask the students to reflect on the group inter- action and to describe how the criteria were or wer ...

Assessing Habits of Mind 203 FIGURE 11.5 Rubric for Thinking About Thinking (Metacognition) Level of Work Expert Practitioner Ap ...

204 Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind FIGURE 11.7 Rubrics for Managing Impulsivity Level of Work Expert Practitioner Appr ...

Assessing Habits of Mind 205 FIGURE 11.8 Rubric for Thinking Flexibly Level of Work Expert Practitioner Apprentice Novice Criter ...

Many teachers use the Habits of Mind as a way to organize students’ portfolios. For example, the portfolio can be sectioned with ...

in a student’s portfolio and help the student reflect on why that student chose a particular piece. When portfolios are develope ...

In this reflection, Amy clearly shows evidence of her disposition for problem solving and drawing from previous experiences to r ...

adapted to the list, and they made connections to specific instances in the novel as well as to their own lives. Here are some q ...

Mind as a transdisciplinary frame with students completing a portfolio representing their work in several subjects. Portfolios c ...

During the Process Record-keeping forms are useful for students to document their obser- vations about the Habits of Mind. In on ...

212 Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind FIGURE 11.10 Rubric for Personal Exhibit Assessment 6th Grade Exhibition Presenter’ ...

on a particular topic over time. They demonstrated persistence— an important ability in nearly all walks of life. Tanya, whose p ...