TIME

Below is a list of five ideas to consider when creating a Culture of Thinking in your classroom 

1. Make time for students' questions and contributions. 
2. Provide "space" for students to extend, elaborate, or develop the ideas of others. 
3. Avoid disseminating the abundance of ideas without the time to process them. 
4. Give students time to think and develop ideas before asking for contributions. 
5. Monitor the amount of time you talk so as not to dominate the classroom conversation. 

from Ron Ritchhart's The Development of a Culture of Thinking in My Classroom: Self-Assessment

Teacher Spends Two Days as A Student

"How would you teach differently if you couldn't give students a test until a year later?"              
                            - Ron Ritchhart