Thinking skills | Centre for the Use of Research & Evidence in Education (CUREE)

How can we teach Year 7 pupils to work creatively and independently across the curriculum?

Aim: To teach year 7 pupils how to access/retrieve information effectively; To teach pupils strategies to assist them to work co-operatively; To encourage pupils to transfer the skills learnt in other subjects; and To inspire pupils to work creatively.

Moving towards a more innovative and creative curriculum

Aim: To develop a more creative curriculum in foundation subjects and Science across Key Stage 1 and 2, to create a more personalised curriculum incorporating key life skills that could transfer into life long learning skills and to improve the use of the local area and increase out of classroom learning experiences.

Effective questioning: stepping-stones to meta-cognition?'

Aim: There were two main, linked, aims of this project. The primary aim was to investigate the role of effective questioning by the teacher in a History class. The second aim explored the usefulness of this meta-cognitive strategy in enhancing higher-order thinking skills in the classroom. These are the skills that characterise higher achievement at Key Stages 3 and 4 (11-16 years of age).

Developing a policy of inclusion with differentiation using TASC: thinking actively in a social context

Aim: The aims of the project were to improve our whole school lesson planning, classroom delivery and pupils activities, personalise learning with pupils developing their skills of self-evaluation and self-monitoring and focus on developing their problem-solving and thinking skills.