Hooray for Diffendoofer Day

1.What does it mean when someone knows how to think?

        Thinking goes beyond answering memorized facts and pure recall, it includes analysis, reasoning and maybe a little objectivity.

2.How does a teacher teach a student how to think?

         Teaching a student how to think does not mean, "How to think like you." How to think includes using facts, judgement and insight. Looking at the situation from different viewpoints and being able to back up your thoughts. Synthesizing information sometimes requires recall, application and evaluation. Modeling and think-alouds are great ways to show students how you as a person are using the available information to think through a problem or situation.

3.Have you ever been in a class where you really had to think?

As an undergrad I think I had to think a lot in math classes because math does not come easily. In the other classes I probably did what I had to do to pass the class. This time around I tend to think too much in class. I always tend to argue with the premise of an assigment or over analys why the instructor is doing what they are doing. I think the older you get, the more sense you have of what you need to know, what you care to know and how to use what you do know.