Habits+of+Mind

**What are the Habits of Mind and who is Art Costa?** This page will constantly be updated with new clips which demonstrate different Habits of Mind.

The 16 Habits of Mind as identified by Costa are:

• Persisting media type="youtube" key="Plz9JxsnhH4" height="385" width="640"

• Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision media type="custom" key="6752523" • Managing impulsivity media type="youtube" key="P5_Msrdg3Hk" height="385" width="640" • Gathering data through all senses • Listening with understanding and empathy media type="youtube" key="MtN1YnoL46Q" height="385" width="640" • Creating, imagining, innovating media type="custom" key="6082955"

media type="youtube" key="vOhf3OvRXKg" height="385" width="480" (Thanks C.W for the suggestion) • Thinking flexibly • Responding with wonderment and awe • Thinking about thinking (metacognition) • Taking responsible risks media type="youtube" key="fW8amMCVAJQ" height="385" width="640" • Striving for accuracy (Thanks for the suggestion O.M and G. M-R) media type="file" key="HOM.mov" width="300" height="300" • Finding humor media type="custom" key="6641453" • Questioning and posing problems • Thinking interdependently • Applying past knowledge to new situations media type="youtube" key="dMH0bHeiRNg" height="385" width="480" • Remaining open to continuous learning


 * Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D.** is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento, and Co-Director of the Institute for Intelligent Behavior in El Dorado Hills, California. He has served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, and an assistant superintendent for instruction and as the director of educational programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Costa has written numerous books, including Techniques for Teaching Thinking (with Larry Lowery), The School as a Home for the Mind, and Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools (with Robert Garmston). He is editor of Developing Minds: a Resource Book for Teaching Thinking, co-editor (with Rosemarie Liebmann) of the Process as Content Trilogy: Envisioning Process as Content, Supporting the Spirit of Learning, and The Process Centered School. Active in many professional organizations, Costa served as president of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and was the National President of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1988 to 1989.

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