Why Do Your Students Need to Learn to Think

Why do your students need to learn to think?

What do you observe about their responses and behaviours in a learning situation?

What do you see them doing? / What do your hear them saying? / How are they feeling?
Robyn - Yard- Playing fantastic games/inventive games without equipment
Kids taking initiative getting groups together
Dobbing – solve my problem
ELC - Randomly moving equipment
Prep - Sitting waiting for others to do everything for them no or limited input
Lin - Some questioning discussion resourceful – using peers to seek support cf cheat –recognising and using skills of children in group
Deb – being competitive plus or minus with others / groups boys/girls, have to finish first own performance
Trudy – (Special Needs Group) have a go / try
Ask for help if it is a new activity
Virginia – not being independent of adults demanding asking for help
Marylou – see good persistence in some / Robyn - Yard – gesture ideas to others
He hurt me/poked tongue at me/pushed me
ELC – “My turn” “fall” language from past experience
Physically imposing by some children on others
Prep – “I can’t” “Help Please” “You can do it”
Lin – “What?” “Can’t” “Yes, got it” “I know, I know….”
Deb – “Me, me, me” “Stop” “Finish” to each other
Trudy – wave for attention, eye contact, take hand
Marylou - Single words
Gestures
Unrelated responses / comments – songs mimic recall
Hand up me….. help… don’t…. / Robyn – Yard – feel good, happy, involved, isolated, negative about self, insecure, frustrated
ELC – enjoying it / free activities one to two children one to three issues some children swamped
Prep - Maybe ?? I can’t be bothered What can I get away with
Lin – some lack confidence, overwhelmed
Those who are confident who have got it
Deb – motivated or disheartened nervous
Trudy – excited with new activities
Repetitive loose interest
Virginia – frustrated with lack of communication insecure
MaryLou – frustrated step back feel too risky
How would you like them to be?
Independent Willing to try – have a go Feel secure Have opinions valued and respected
Confident Use strategic thinking Being flexible Have own ideas
Resilient Self belief Happy Having fun
Observant – peers / others Stop think then do Open to new ideas Accepting of others ideas
Determined Proud / pride in self and others Part of a group