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Phil Muscott is head of school in Cambodia. He has been working with Understanding by Design and Habits of Mind for a number of years. He became so intrigued with the work that he designed a research study to see Read More …
By Arthur Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda While many initiatives and programs come and go, there are some concepts or ideas that are timeless. We must make certain we sustain them for the sake of our students. The true Read More …
By Arthur Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda The true goal of personalized learning is for every learner to become increasingly comfortable with self-direction as they engage in interesting, relevant, rigorous, and important work regardless of age, past successes, and Read More …
This post first appeared on trustED and is reprinted with permission. Think about the instructions that you are given by the steward before an airplane takes off: “In the unlikely event of a lack of oxygen…be sure you put your Read More …
Currently, I work at a large, public high school where we are trying to reimagine the student learning experience. Like many schools, we have dedicated teachers building strong teacher directed experiences to help our students develop content knowledge and skills. Read More …
by Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda There are predictable policies and practices in the opening month of school that center around setting goals as a classroom teacher, grade level, department, or school. Well-intentioned to be sure, but perhaps Read More …
In Students at the Center, Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda identify seven key elements to consider when designing student centered learning: Goals Inquiry/Idea generation Task and audience Evaluation Cumulative demonstration of learning Instructional plan Feedback In this post, I’d like Read More …
Below are notes from a 5th grade teacher in Wilder Schools in Wilder, Idaho where they are focusing on personalizing learning with Habits of Mind. According to school superintendent, Jeff Dillon, he sees the combination of the two as essential Read More …
So many teachers believe that Habits of Mind is so important but they struggle with how to meaningfully make that part of their instructional practice. Based on my collaboration with elementary school teachers at the Quinnipiac Real World Magnet Math Read More …
By Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda How can we encourage student reflection and growth in each of the four attributes? We have found that it is helpful to pay attention to key Habits of Mind associated with voice, co-creation, social Read More …