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Personal Information
Arthur L. Costa

Date of birth: November 20, 1931

Age:89 years

Education and Academic Career
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education. - Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento.

- Served as classroom teacher and curriculum consultant.

- Co-Founder of Institute for Habits of Mind.

- Co-Founder for Cognitive coaching.

- Assistant superintendent for instruction in the office of the Sacramento Country superintendent of schools.

- Director of Educational Programs for the National Aeronautics and space administration.

- President for supervision and curriculum development.

- National President of Association for supervision and curriculum (1988-1989).

- Recipient of the prestigious lifetime achievement award from the National Urban Alliance in 2010.

Research
Arthur L. Costa is famous for his research in Habits of mind for empowering creative and critical thinking among teachers and students. In an interview that was published on the 14th September 2009 on youtube. He outlined that his book; The school as the home for the mind, helps to edify educators to be mindful of their language. It encourages them to pay attention to the intent of their language. This is to engage students in a higher level of thinking. He emphasized paying attention to the questions they ask students. The questions should be structured in such a way that they will actively engage students' thinking. It should also be linguistically structured to transform the kid's thinking. The questioning technique should be purposeful and deliberately raise kids to a higher level of cognition. In this way, students become challenged, engaged and it peaks their interest. It makes teachers think about their questions before they ask them. Since based on how the structure is, they may get more responses from students with positive results. Arthur L. costa further in the interview stated that for a person to be successful they need to have certain habits. He stated that "These habits include persisting, managing impulsivity, thinking about their thinking, being conscious of their actions, understanding the implications of behaviors and their effects on others, and using clear and concise language to adequately communicate. This means knowing how to ask questions, surface the problems, be creative, and be innovative."Thus his contribution to the field will foster self-directed learning, problem-solving, and more thoughtful instruction and assessment by students.

Publications
Dispositions Reframing Teaching and Learning Arthur L. Costa, Bena Kallick Published: October 2013

The school as a home for the mind Creating Mindful Curriculum, Instruction, and Dialogue, Second Edition Arthur L. Costa Published: October 2007

Teaching for intelligence A Collection of Articles Arthur L. Costa Published: June 2000

Supporting the spirit of learning When Process Is Content Arthur L. Costa, Rosemarie M. Liebmann Published: January 1997

The process-centered schools sustaining a Renaissance Community Arthur L. Costa, Rosemarie M. Liebmann Published: January 1997

Envisioning process as content Toward a Renaissance Curriculum Arthur L. Costa, Rosemarie M. Liebmann Published December 1996