Thinking About Thinking

What does it mean when someone knows how to think?

Thinking is a very complicated concept if you attempt to divulge into it. I did an activity yesterday in class where I had to find my name in a group of names in the class, but the tricky part is that the names were made up entirely of symbols.  Because I am a fluent reader I never have to break apart my reading strategies and decode words. The thinking I used to decode the symbols and translate to my name made me realize the complicated process that my students go through when they read. I believe when someone knows ho to think, they are able to explain their thought process.

How does a teacher teach a student how to think?

           

A teacher teaches a student how to think by breaking apart their thought process. A teacher does this by knowing the student to be able to advocate for themselves and how they process information. A teacher should challenge student’s conceptual thinking by having to explain their opinions and answers to problems in order to become fluent thinkers.

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

The classes that are the most difficult to me require the most thinking. When I was a business major I had to take microeconomics. This class stands out to me as the hardest class I have taken because I could not properly process and relate to the material. This subject was also foreign to me before college, so being exposed to the content for the first time ever proved to be difficult to master.