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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext The authors present educators with strategies for designing diverse ways of gathering, organizing, and reporting evidence of self-directed learning. Zusammenfassung The authors present educators with strategies for designing diverse ways of gathering, organizing, and reporting evidence of self-directed learning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors¿ Introduction Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Why We Need Self-Directed Learners 2. The Intellectual Dispositions of Self-Directed Learners 3. Developing the Capacity for Self-Assessment 4. Assessing the Conditions for Self-Directed Learning 5. The Teacher¿s Role in Self-Directed Learning 6. Adapting the Assessment Strategies for Your School and Classroom Afterword Resource A: Some Quotes About Self-Direction Resource B: Selected Resources to Support Self-Directed Learning References Index
