How to Help Students Think Independently

Students are happiest when thoroughly engaged in complex activities that stretch their skills.  Noted psychologist, Mihaly Csilkszentmihalyi, defines this as autotelic development.  Teachers can utilize three strategies to cultivate improved focus:  sequencing instruction, recovery from mistakes, and setting goals.  Each strategy is thoroughly explained in the article.  Excellent!

3 Strategies to Promote Independent Thinking in Classrooms. Margaret Regan. 11.27.13.  Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/3-strategies-promote-independent-thinking-margaret-regan

How to Teach Students to Learn

This excellent article explains how inquiry learning is the key to 21st Century Learning.  The author presents 5 tools to guide inquiry learning in the classroom.  We as Title I teachers can support the classroom teacher and guide students along in the process by using some of these tools.
Excellent article - not to be missed.

5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn.  Katrina Schwartz. 3.20.13.  Mind Shift - How we will learn.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/5-tools-to-help-students-learn-how-to-learn/