Learning & Leading With Habits of Mind

How is a child’s writing influenced by the things the child has read or has been read? Are those influences observable? Is ther ...

and the desire and seriousness of the child that leads the child to accept the challenge. We are also humbled by the uncertainty ...

Margaret: That’s why I think your immediate reaction may just be “Oh, that’s very interesting.” But if you come back with, “Ther ...

more, we saw more, and in turn, we became more interested. Interest kept us looking, and as even more was revealed to us, we bec ...

258 Reporting Growth in Habits of Mind Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick 14 Useful communication must always be in the language o ...

Students, teachers, parents, administrators, board members, and commu- nity members all come to share a sense of responsibility ...

260 Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind FIGURE 14.1 Rubric for School Report Card Source: John Lyman Elementary School, Mid ...

meet goals (persisting, managing impulsivity) and (2) shows thorough- ness in work (striving for accuracy, thinking and communic ...

Habit of Mind with a brief description. Another area lists whether or not a habit was a “personal goal area” for the student tha ...

The Tahoma School District in Maple Valley, Washington, is another example of a district that seeks parent input on the Habits o ...

The teacher is able to spend 15 minutes with each student and parent group; students spend one hour with their parents. For exam ...

Math Development Myra picks up new mathematical concepts quickly and is able to apply the new knowledge immediately to solve pro ...

they work with a team to solve a problem. Parents, board members, and community representatives are thrilled to see actual video ...

of their progress. They can use this information to report to their parents in a conference or as an addendum to their report ca ...

signaling the community’s belief that the Habits of Mind are worth striv- ing for (see Chaper 15). Reporting students’ work on t ...

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nur- turing and enhancing. —Thomas J. Peters Having worked with n ...

•Facilitating group discussions about student work, protocols, data- driven dialogue, literacy circles, and other events and pro ...

Celebrate what you want to see more of. —Tom Peters Visitors to the town of Pugwash in Nova Scotia, Canada, are greeted with thi ...

and practiced by every individual in the learning organization, and they must be institutionalized throughout the entire system. ...

but powerful cues emanate from the school environment. Teachers will more likely teach for thinking, creativity, and interdepend ...