works have been translated into Dutch, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew,
and Arabic.
Active in many professional organizations, Costa served as president
of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Develop-
ment and was the national president of ASCD from 1988 to 1989. Costa
and Kallick have started the Institute for Habits of Mind, providing prod-
ucts and services to schools throughout the world. Costa can be reached
at 916-791-7304; e-mail: [email protected].
Bena Kallick is a private consultant providing services to
school districts, state departments of education, profes-
sional organizations, and public agencies throughout the
United States and abroad. Kallick received her doctorate
in educational evaluation at Union Graduate School.
Her areas of focus include group dynamics, creative and
critical thinking, and alternative assessment strategies for the classroom.
Her written work includes Literature to Think About(a whole language
curriculum published with Weston Woods Studios); Changing Schools
into Communities for Thinking (published by Technology Pathways);
coeditor of Assessment in the Learning Organization, the Habits of Mind
series, Strategies for Self-Directed Learning (co-authored with Arthur
Costa), Information Technology for Schools(co-authored with James
Wilson), Thinking Based Learning (with Robert Swartz, Arthur Costa,
Barry Beyer, and Rebecca Reagan) and Using Curriculum Mapping and
Assessment to Improve Student Learning(co-authored with Jeff Colosimo).
Her works have been translated into Dutch, Chinese, Spanish, Italian,
Hebrew, and Arabic.
Formerly a Teachers’ Center director, Kallick also created a children’s
museum based on problem solving and invention. She was the coordi-
nator of a high school alternative designed for at-risk students. She is
cofounder of Performance Pathways, a company dedicated to provid-
ing easy to use software for curriculum mapping and assessment track-
ing and reporting, in an integrated suite. Kallick’s teaching appointments
have included Yale University School of Organization and Management,
University of Massachusetts Center for Creative and Critical Thinking,
and Union Graduate School. She was formerly on the board of the Apple
416 Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind