Questions to reflect upon before we discuss chapters 4-6 at the January 18 department meeting:

• Has how you organize your room changed over time? If so, why—what happened that prompted the change?

• Does the way you currently arrange the furniture in your room encourage or inhibit thinking?

• As teachers we want to be helpful. One way to do this is to answer students’ questions. Can you think of any negative consequences that come from answering students’ questions?

• Does the way you currently answer questions encourage or inhibit thinking?

• At what point in a lesson do you normally give students their first task to work on?

• Does when, where, and how you currently give tasks encourage or inhibit thinking?