Assessing and Reporting on Habits of Mind

by Arthur L. Costa (Editor)

Describes sixteen types of intelligent behavior called habits of mind and includes advice on how to assess and report student progress in using the habits of mind.

Genres: Education

135 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

About the author

Arthur L. Costa is professor emeritus of education at California State University, Sacramento. He has served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, and assistant superintendent for instruction, and the direction of educational programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Reviews

[Stuart Macalpine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It seems that assessing and reporting the states of mind is still really in its infancy: still at the stage of 'always, sometimes, never' and a bit of self assessment. Dispositional learning is notoriously difficult to understand in terms of 'impact on the learner' despite the fact that cultures and political entities have been shaping dispositions with remarkable success for as long as civilisation has been around. There is a paradox in there somewhere... It is absolutely certain that we can learn dispositions (and I love David Perkins preface to this work on what that means), it is just a bit hard to put a metric on it from outside of the consciousness of the person with that disposition. A bit like saying, we know how to keep fit and well, and but have no idea how to describe what wellness is for a particular individual.