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"What kinds of thinking do you value and promote in your classroom?"

"What kinds of thinking does this lesson force students to do?"


 * 1) Make a list of all of the activities you incorporate into your subject area and/or classroom to teach students.
 * 2) Use this list to create 3 new lists:
 * 3) Which activities account for 75% of your classroom instruction? In which activities are students most often engaged?
 * 4) Which activities are most authentic to the discipline? Which activities do real authors, scientists, or artists do throughout their work?
 * 5) Which activities do you remember doing as a student in school?

(Adapted from __[|Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagment, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners]__ ~ Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, & Karin Morrison)

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