Homework Uses Significant. Homework reinforces and expands classroom learning. Thus, assigning thinking-centered homework is a powerful way to support the thinking you are trying to foster in the classroom. Materials Needed None. Build think time into lessons, discussions, and activities.
Intelligence is learnable.
Communicate that we can all learn to think smarter. Provide students with lots of models of good thinking. Language creates meaning. Explanations clarify expectations. Directly introduce, describe, and explain the types of thinking that you are looking for.