Leading Toward Efficacy: Why Cognitive Coaching Persists

This book is an updated, reinvigorated look at Cognitive Coaching for the modern era, implementing every learning style to reach maximum understanding - not only in the classroom, but elsewhere in life as well.

Arthur Costa Ed.D. is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento and Co-founder of the Institute for Habits of Mind (with Bena Kallick) and the Center for Cognitive Coaching (with Bob Garmston). He has served as a classroom teacher, a curriculum consultant, an assistant superintendent for instruction and as the Director of Educational Programs for N.A.S.A. He is author and co-author of numerous educational books and publications and has made presentations and conducted workshops around the world.

Robert J. Garmston, Ed.D is an Emeritus Professor of Educational Administration at California State University, Sacramento, Co-Developer of Cognitive Coaching with Dr. Arthur Costa, and Co-Developer of Adaptive Schools with Dr. Bruce Wellman. He has served as a classroom teacher, resource teacher, principal, director of instruction and acting superintendent in Northern California Schools and principal in Saudi Arabia. Bob has co-authored a dozen books including Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools.