Clearly, something new is needed if schools are to break out of this traditional,
aptitude-centered mentality and make it possible for young people
to acquire the kinds of mental habits needed to lead productive, fulfilling
lives. We need a definition of intelligence that is as attentive to robust
habits of mind as it is to the specifics of thinking processes or knowledge
structures. We need to develop learning goals that reflect the belief that
ability is a continuously expandable repertoire of skills, and that through a
person’s efforts, intelligence grows incrementally