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 .
Keywords: productive habits of mind, developing and,
assessing habits of mind, teachers' performance