How to Create Thinking Classrooms

We want our students to be confident problem solvers who can think and reason through complex problems. In this episode, Pam and Kim highlight some of Dr. Peter Liljedahl's work on Building Thinking Classrooms to use student's natural inclinations to help them work better and more collaboratively. 
Talking Points:
It's about thinking, not mimicking

• Thinking Tasks not mimicking tasks
• Vertical Non Permanent Surfaces
• Visibly random groups
• It takes time for kids to accept working in random groups
• Pulse of the room: Are student's opting out? What math are groups using?
• The "how " is important, but so is the "what"

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