Create safe environment that promotes questions from students
Leave time for questions during lectures and presentations
Ask questions to test student understanding during lecture, and that promote discussion
Emphasize growth mindset when students seek help
Relate topic to the overall idea of class
Write well written multiple-choice exams that test high-order thinking skills
Do assignments that test content understanding
Ask for reflections on previous lecture/work
Teach the STUDY CYCLE :
Preview material covered in reading or previous lecture
Attend class
Review material covered after class 24 hours after class
Study and answer why, how, what questions
Access learning done
https://cas.lsu.edu/sites/cas.lsu.edu/files/attachments/TP1%20-%20Study%20Cycle%202010%20%282%29.pdf
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review, wRite, Reflect
Purpose of thinking
Questions I am trying to answer
Information I need to answer the question
Conclusion I am trying to get
Ideas I am using to think
Assumptions I am taking for granted
Implications/consequences of thinking
Points of view I need to consider
State concept or idea succinctly,
Elaborate concept in own words,
Exemplify concept with examples,
Illustrate concept with pictures, words, metaphors, etc..