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This section provides the tools, materials, and resources to help you design thinking-centered curriculum. You'll find worksheets, planners, and instructional materials that focus on putting theory into practice at the classroom level. The design tools in this section have been used to help a wide range of educators, both nationally and internationally, construct thinking-centered lessons, activities and projects.

The Curriculum Design section is structured to include materials directly related the 4 approaches to teaching thinking outlined on the Ways of Thinking section. But there's lots more here too! In addition, you'll find posters, handouts, and resources geared toward developing students' problem solving, reasoning, and decision-making skills as well.

How to use the Curriculum Design Tools Section

  1. Use this section to orient yourself with a number of practical, hands-on instructional materials, lesson plans, and classroom resources to help you cultivate thinking in your classroom. Get ideas on how to construct thought-demanding tasks that will deepen students' understanding.

  2. Activate and broaden your use of knowledge about the teaching of thinking by actually constructing thinking-centered curriculum. The philosophy behind this section supports a "learn by doing" approach when learning how to teach thinking.

  3. Use this section as resource. The things you and your students find interesting or worth exploring about a particular topic may vary from one year to the next. The design tools here will help you and your students delve deep into virtually any topic, no matter what your common line of inquiry may be.

 

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