EQUITY AND ACCESS IN THE THINKING CLASSROOM

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Peter Liljedahl

@pgliljedahl

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1. What is a thinking classroom?

textbook

board/screen

handout/worksheet

verbally

HOW

WHEN

WHERE

TASKS FOR THE THINKING CLASSROOM

2. What inspired the thinking classroom?

INSTITUTIONAL NORMS

STUDENTS

NOT THINKING

INSTITUTIONAL NORMS

400+ TEACHERS | 15 YEARS | 2 WEEK CYCLES

3. What happens in a thinking classroom?

4. How to BUILD a thinking classroom?

WHERE TO START!

• use thinking tasks
• frequently form visibly random groups
• use vertical non-permanent surfaces

• give task early, standing, and verbally
• defront the classroom
• answer only keep thinking questions
• give check your understanding questions
• be intentionally less helpful

• use hints and extensions to manage flow
• consolidate from the bottom
• use meaningful notes

• communicate to students where they are and where they are going
• evaluate what you value
• report out based on data (not points)

BUILDING THINKING CLASSROOMS

Small change is no change!

Assessment should reflect practice.

Building students’ responsibility takes time.

• use thinking tasks
• use vertical non-permanent surfaces
• frequently form visibly random groups
• give task early, standing, and verbally
• defront the classroom
• answer only keep thinking questions
• be intentionally less helpful
• consolidate from the bottom
• use hints and extensions to manage flow

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• use meaningful notes
• give check your understanding questions
• communicate to students where they are and where they are going
• evaluate what you value
• report out based on data (not points)

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Teachers’ abilities grow over time.

5. What’s new in the thinking classrooms research?

MILD

MEDIUM

SPICY

6. Where is the equity and access in a thinking classroom?

Equity is a goal and an outcome.

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The work of creating equity through our practices falls into four categories:

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1. critical consciousness.
2. creating access.
3. using practices that control for unconscious bias.
4. lifting up students.

Equity is a goal and an outcome.

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The work of creating equity through our practices falls into four categories:

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1. critical consciousness.
2. creating access.
3. using practices that control for unconscious bias.
4. lifting up students.

PROXIMITY QUESTIONS

STOP-THINKING QUESTIONS

KEEP-THINKING QUESTIONS

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THANK YOU!

@pgliljedahl | #thinkingclassroom

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