Document Type
Front Matter
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Habits of Mind: Designing Courses for Student Success
Editor
Julia M. Gossard & Chris Babits
Publisher
Utah State University
Publication Date
2023
First Page
1
Last Page
20
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Abstract
Although content knowledge remains at the heart of college teaching and learning, forward-thinking instructors recognize that we must also provide 21st-century college students with transferable skills (sometimes called portable intellectual abilities) to prepare them for their futures (Vazquez, 2020; Ritchhart, 2015; Venezia & Jaeger, 2013; Hazard, 2012). To “grow their capacity as efficacious thinkers to navigate and thrive in the face of unprecedented change” (Costa et al., 2023), students must learn and improve important study skills and academic dispositions throughout their educational careers. If we do not focus on skills-building in college courses, students will not be prepared for the challenges that await them after they leave institutions of higher education. If students are not prepared for these postsecondary education challenges, then it is fair to say that college faculty have failed them.
Recommended Citation
Gossard, Julia M. and Babits, Chris, "Introduction and References" (2023). Habits of Mind. Paper 27.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/habitsofmind/27