Teaching Higher Level Thinking and Performance

1. Resist the Temptation to Tell

2. We must stop teaching decontextualized content(Create a frame of reference)

3. We must stop giving kids the final product of our thinking i.e. having them work the product

4. We must make fundamental shift- problems, first, teaching second;

-Magazine editor give articles that need to be edited for content and grammatical mistakes.

5. We must progressively withdraw from helping students.  Do it slowly; realize that there are        failures, but that's okay;

6.  We must reevaluate evaluation. 

All of these take time and can't be implemented every lesson or every day.   It's going to break out of your comfort zone.