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32 Habits That Make Thinkers

These 32 habits that make thinkers can lead to that critical shift that moves students from mere students to learners who think critically.

Most learning profiles are quick glances of academic data. There’s nothing wrong with this. They are useful, but they are also limited.

Increasingly, books aren’t thought of as entertainment or even as ways to learn; they are thought of in terms of their form: as books.

Learning in a synced classroom requires the ability to engage the same core material and the ability to engage the material independently.

So what does quality have to do with learning? Quite a bit, it turns out. And it starts out with helping students understand what it means.

We’ve compiled our best articles on classroom management for novice & experienced teachers to refresh their skills & reframe their thinking.

Critical reading is about gathering knowledge, understanding context, and seeing ideas from multiple perspectives to make sense of a text.

As we make learning visible, the process and sequence of learning is illuminated. This helps students see understanding as always evolving.

A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable but transformational cognitive dissonance that can help create thinkers.

The shift toward a fluid, formless, socialized nature of information, thought, and belief is a not a small one.

When introducing students to new content, the right questions and language can help disarm uncertainty and encourage a growth mindset.

A good school decenters itself–makes its curriculum, policies, and other ‘pieces’ less visible than students and hope and growth.