by Gerald Aungst | Aug 21, 2009 | Thinking Skills
Image by Freekz0r via Flickr Every year I stand in front of a group of new fourth or fifth grade students and face the most challenging teaching task I’ve ever had: training them to be telepathic. I always begin with a magic trick. Each student...
by Gerald Aungst | Aug 20, 2009 | Thinking Skills
Image via Wikipedia Teachers of mathematics need to recognize that there is a strong link between language, writing, and problem solving. In most of the assessments that states use to determine student and school success, a student must demonstrate...
by Gerald Aungst | Jun 15, 2009 | Differentiation, Thinking Skills
Yesterday, I shared some questions that I often use to help create an atmosphere of thinking in my classroom. Unfortunately, when I ask a student to explain their reasoning, they often aren’t able to reflect back on their thought process and...
by Gerald Aungst | Jun 14, 2009 | Thinking Skills
One of the things that I frequently see in classrooms that I visit is students who can mechanically produce an answer to a question or problem but who don’t really understand how or why the process they used works. As teachers, we need to focus more on...
