In an earlier episode, we spoke with Alice Vigors about her work in creating cross-content thinking classrooms. In this episiode, we speak with Professor Peter Liljedahl, of Simon Fraser University, about how to create thinking classrooms in Mathematics - primarily K-6 - where students are doing the heavy cognitive lift as opposed to teachers.

Join me and my guest co-host Norman Eng, student teaching supervisor at Brooklyn College/CUNY, as we chat with Peter Liljedahl about:

- The 14 practices associated with a thinking Math classroom (macro/micro moves);

- Exemplars of what a thinking Math classroom looks like;

- How a thinking classroom differs from traditional models of teaching (i.e. the I Do, We Do, You Do Model);

- How teacher practice shifts from answering questions to asking them and having students make meaning of learning before direct instruction;

- How to prepare student teachers in this alternative methodology

Peter Liljedahl - Building Thinking Classrooms Website

Building Thinking Classrooms Book

Norman Eng - 10X Your Teaching Website

Teaching College Book

Music - Aylex