Thinking skills

last updated:01 Sep 2007

How do teachers challenge their pupils to extend their understanding and to think and to use their imaginations?

Evidence about teaching thinking skills emphasises the importance of encouraging pupils to learn about their learning and to be able to transfer learning from one situation into another.

There are two tasters in this section:

• How might you accelerate your pupils' learning?
• What can you learn from giving your pupils cognitively challenging tasks?