Arthur L.  Costa, Ed.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento.  He is Co-Founder of the Institute for Habits of Mind and Co-founder of the Center for Cognitive Coaching. He served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, and an assistant superintendent for instruction in the Office of the Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools and as the director of educational programs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He has made presentations and conducted workshops in all 50 states as well as on six of the seven continents             Active in many professional organizations, Art served as president of the California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and was the National President of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,  from 1988 to 1989.  He was the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Urban Alliance in 2010.

• Introduction: New Perspectives on IntelligencesSection 1: Flexibility in Thinking: The Capacity to Shift Perspectives, to Generate Alternate Approaches, and to Change One′s Mind1. Systems Change in Education - Peter Senge2. Unleashing the Power of Perceptual Change - Geoffrey Caine and Renate Caine3. Changing Curriculum Means Changing Your Mind - Arthur L. CostaSection 2: Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations: The Capacity to Draw Forth Prior Knowledge and Transfer it to New Situations4. Learning and Transfer--A Tautology - Meir Ben-Hur5. What Do We Know From Brain Research? - Pat Wolfe and Ron Brandt6. Art for the Brain′s Sake - Robert SylwesterSection 3: Metacognition: The Human Capacity to be Aware of and Reflect on Our Own Thinking7. Memory, The Thing I Forget With - Robin Fogarty8. Creativity Is a Decision - Robert J. Sternberg9. Revisiting Effective Teaching - Pat Wolfe10. Multiple Intelligences and Reading Instruction - Donna OgleSection 4: Questioning and Problem Posing: Innate Human Curiosity and the Capacity for Healthy Skepticism11. The Mad Dash to Compute: Enriching or Eroding Intelligence? - Jane M. Healy12. Educators Need to Know About the Human Brain - Ron Brandt13. Raising the Ceiling for All Students: School Improvement From a High-End Learning Perspective - Joseph S. RenzulliSection 5: Striving for Accuracy, Precision and Elegance: The Human Yearning for Craftsmanship14. Learning Standards - Kay Burke15. What Sorts of Standards for Teachers? Focusing on Exemplary Elementary Teaching - Jeni Pollack Day and Richard L. Allington16. Constructivist Assessment in Early Childhood Education - Clifford Hill17. Test Success in the Brain-Compatible Classroom - Carolyn Chapman and Rita KingSection 6: The Humility of Continuous Learning: The Human Capacity for Self-Renewal18. Challenging Mathematics for Young Children - Herbert P. Ginsburg, Robert Balfanz, and Carole Greenes19. Reinventing Our Literacy Programs: Books, Basics, Balance - Dorothy S. Strickland20. Mediated Learning Experience: Professor Reuven Feuerstein Responds to Some Critical Questions - Reuven Feuerstein21. Learning to Learn: The Cognitive Enrichment Advantage Approach - Donna Wilson and Katherine H. GreenbergAuthorsAcknowledgmentsIndex