Thinking skills

last updated:07 Dec 2009

Ways to accelerate your pupils’ learning, and what you can learn from giving your pupils thinking skills or challenging tasks.

Questions asked include:

• How might you accelerate your pupils’ learning?
• What can you learn from giving your pupils thinking skills or challenging tasks?
• How can we accelerate pupils’ thinking through talking?
• How can you help pupils become more aware of their thinking?

The evidence comes from the following Research for Teachers (RfT) summaries:

• Improving learning through cognitive intervention
• Vygotsky's ideas on teaching and learning
• Raising achievement through group work.