Assessing Secondary School Teachers' Performance in Developing Habits of Mind for The Students

Abstract

the purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of secondary school teachers' in K.S.A in developing the habits of mind for the students. To achieve the pervious aim, a checklist and a questioner of teaching the habits of mind indicators was prepared. The sample of the study was selected from the Teachers in Secondary School in K.S.A. It was (n = 60) in (10 schools, 6 teachers for each one) in all core subjects : Islamic studies, Arabic language, English language, Mathematics, Science, and Social studies. The checklist was used to assess the teaching performance through the first class in 2010/2011. The main results of this study showed that most of the teachers did not master the indicators of teaching performance that related to develop the habits of mind including: (teaching plan, building the knowledge, group management, assessment , extra activities); they also did not have deep perspective relative to habits of mind indicators. Also There were statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.01) among core subjects teachers groups ( Islamic studies, Arabic language, English language, Mathematics, Science, and Social studies) in developing habits of mind in general and in each habit individually in favor of the mathematical teachers .