the designer for Project Bright IDEA 1 and serves as the co-investigator for
Project Bright IDEA 2, a Jacob Javits Gifted Education grant funded by
the U.S. Department of Education. The grant is a five-year study on
changing the dispositions of teachers and increasing the cognitive and
metacognitive thinking of students. She is a former teacher in the areas of
gifted education, middle school, kindergarten, and English at the high
school level. She holds a BS in education (summa cum laude) from
Wingate College and an MEd from the University of North Carolina.
Hargett may be reached by phone: 704-253-5513; or e-mail: vhargett@
carolina.rr.com.
David Hyerleis an author, a consultant, and a researcher whose work
focuses on integrating content learning, instruction in thinking processes,
and assessment. In his doctoral work at the University of California–
Berkeley and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Hyerle refined
a practical language of visual tools he created called Thinking Maps®.
He has written and produced professional development resource guides,
videos, and software packages based on Thinking Maps as tools for
student-centered learning and whole-school change. He has also pub-
lished articles and the ASCD books Visual Tools for Constructing Knowl-
edge(1996) and A Field Guide to Using Visual Tools(2000). Hyerle can
be reached at Designs for Thinking, 144 Goose Pond Rd., Lyme, NH
03768; phone/fax: 603-795-2757; e-mail: [email protected].
Arnold Lattidid his undergraduate studies at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa in elementary education. After receiving his bachelor’s degree,
Latti received a professional diploma for elementary education in 1986.
Inspired by the Habits of Mind, he received an MEd in educational foun-
dations at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2001. He has taught ele-
mentary students for more than 20 years and has been on the faculty at
Waikiki School since 1992.
Matt Lawrencehas been at Waikiki School since 2000 and was intro-
duced to the concept of the mindful school while there as a student
teacher. He received a bachelor’s degree in education from Illinois State
University and a master’s degree in educational psychology from the
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