Thinking classroom

Building Thinking Classrooms in elementary schools

No, it is not supported by cognitive science

Make thinking visible with these classroom-tested visible thinking activities for middle or high school students.

The Building Thinking Classrooms approach to teaching math is taking the math world by storm. It emphasizes thinking & problem-solving skills.

This post shares details for promoting critical thinking with math riddles. Plus you can get a FREE set of Math Riddles Task Cards with QR Codes.

Check out these tools that support students with disabilities in the classroom to be more engaged and guide their critical thinking skills. How? With visible thinking routines! Thank you Harvard...

BTC Tasks | Building Thinking Classrooms

This past week I attended a PD session facilitated by Peter Liljedahl entitled Building Thinking Classrooms. Two things I noticed right ...

Teachers make two specific mistakes with higher-order thinking tasks more often than any other. Avoiding these two errors should go a long way toward making the “higher-order” label more accurate in your classroom. | Cult of Pedagogy

I work in teletherapy, which means that I use a computer to display my materials and activities for my students. I have a couple extremely quiet older elementary students and I decided that video was a way to engage and encourage them to answer questions and retell events. In particular I wanted them to think …

As a child, I had an avid imagination. I see the same traits in my own children today; I think creativity just comes naturally to most kids. Using

In too many classrooms, students aren't really thinking. It's time to try something different.

Display classroom rules, procedures, expectations for treating others and supplies, and sub behavior policies in these anchor charts!

Critical thinking games provide an entertaining way to teach your students how to become critical thinkers.

How do you know if your students are thinking critically in the classroom? Here are examples that might be good indicators.

Uncover practical strategies for enhancing students' critical thinking abilities in the classroom. Delve into creative approaches that stimulate higher-level cognitive skills and boost student engagement. Learn about innovative methods to nurture analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, ultimately enriching the overall learning process.

I dropped the boring syllabus and classroom policy review years ago. Let's admit it: kids block out half of the blah, blah, blah on day one. Your syllabus is best learned through doing. Sprinkle the important stuff throughout the first weeks. Introduce homework policies when kids do homework for the first time, and they'll better remember it anyway. Instead of syllabus and policy review, I spend the first days of school engaging my students in building THEIR classroom community. I am a part…

We're kicking off the first week of our Building Thinking Classrooms book study by talking about our biggest takeaways from the introduction, chapter 1, and ...

A very distinct vision comes to mind when thinking of a traditional classroom but there are many classroom challenges with this antiquated model.

I’m still in the experimentation phase of BTC. I’m trying to see what works best for my students, the types of tasks, manipulatives, creating partnerships, and more. You can learn more about how I started Building Thinking Classrooms in Kindergarten and my update here. If you'd like to jump right to the tasks click here! Finding TasksI’ve found inspiration for my tasks from the Building Thinking Classrooms book as well as from youcubed.com and NRICH.org, with some 3-Act-Tasks sprinkled in…