Thinking Developing Leaders A curriculum for the new millennium must go beyond Mastery and Understanding and engage students in non-routine, problem solving opportunities. These opportunities must require students to research, interpret data and form conclusions. Students must be able to reorganize information and knowledge to fit new and different contexts. This kind of thinking is called Synthesis. The fourth kind of thinking is called Involvement.
Involvement requires the students to develop a personal connection and purpose for their learning.
Involvement links learning to real-life applications and fosters collaboration between people. We strive to make connections with our students' lives through the use of authentic assessment and strategic teaching initiatives. Teaching should challenge students to find alternative solutions for problems they have already solved.