Free Guide for Teachers
If we want students to think, why are we doing the thinking for them?
Stop carrying the thinking in your classroom.
Grab the free Protect, Press, Shift guide, three moves that get students thinking instead of just answering.
When you’re the only one asking the questions, students stop thinking for themselves.
Every silence gets filled by you. Every answer gets confirmed by you. That’s not ownership. That’s you doing the thinking that should belong to them.
Three small shifts put the thinking back where it belongs.
Each shift moves a small piece of the thinking from you to them. Do it enough times, and your students start thinking without you prompting every step.
01
Protect the thinking
Let silence and struggle sit. Don’t rescue too quickly.
02
Press for thinking
Don’t confirm right or wrong. Ask them to explain their thinking.
03
Shift the thinking
Don’t be the only one responding. Shift it to another student.
The Protect, Press, Shift Guide
Three moves. One page. Start using it today.
This isn’t something you read once and file away. Keep it nearby and try one move this week. Notice what shifts. When you use these moves consistently, your students will begin taking ownership of their own thinking.
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