Group Work that Works

Implementing Social and Emotional Learning Standards by Intertwining the Habits of Mind with the CASEL Competencies

“…Furthermore, listening and empathizing are foundational requirements for successful interactions in groups. As most Habits of Mind (Costa & Kallick, 2000) can and should be developed through well-structured cooperative learning group experiences (Vermette & Kline, 2017), students must be taught how to listen and empathize before they can be expected to work interdependently toward all other affective goals.…”

“…Finally, Farrington et al (2012) found that culturing positive mindsets increased engagement and persistence, which increased student performance. Because of the cognitive and affective gains associated with SEL programs, Author 1, a middle school science teacher, and Author 2, a professor of education, both believe that every lesson should be taught with a dual objective including an affective and cognitive goal (Vermette & Kline, 2017). In their work, Dispositions, Costa and Kallick (2014) argue that of greater importance than the set of SEL standards chosen is the method of implementation and assessment.…”

Analyzing a Piece of Teaching Through the Lens of The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work and When To Use Them

“…I have eleven whiteboarding norms that dictate protocol for whiteboarding sessions and discussions. Finally, I display the 16 Habits of Mind (Costa & Kallick, 2000) in my classroom as I use this framework to incorporate social and emotional learning through dual objective lessons (Vermette & Kline 2017). 1) General Classroom Expectations:…”

“…PBL encourages students to produce a physical product that provides a solution to an authentic problem. Furthermore, PBL requires the use of cooperative learning groups and is perfectly suited for the use of dual objective teaching (Vermette & Kline, 2017). Through the dual objective, teachers simultaneously teach cognitive and affective skills to their cooperative learning groups and therefore the strategy of PBL also dovetails quite nicely with all of the social and emotional learning (SEL) chapters of Schwartz, Tsang, and Blair (2016) as well.…”

“…Finally, we only briefly mentioned the social and emotional learning (SEL) strategies discussed in the ABC's but we feel that that more weight should be given to this topic . We see chapters B, L, N, P, X, and Y as pertaining to the integration of social and emotional learning into cognitive lessons, perhaps in the fashion of dual objective lessons (Vermette & Kline, 2017). With New York State's recent adoption of SEL standards, a more comprehensive method of integration of these strategies is forthcoming from us, as we see the teaching and learning of SEL as an educator's most important pursuit.…”