Understand the need to build a thinking classroom
Explore the research behind why traditional instruction falls short and what thinking classrooms change.
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Mathematics Instruction
Building Thinking Classrooms Summer Refresh
with Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Helping educators transform classrooms from places of doing into places of thinking — through 15 years of research-backed practice.
Explore this expert-led learning experience with Dr. Peter Liljedahl and tell RocketPD you would like to hear when a future offering is announced.
About this cohort
Master a process for enhancing student learning through a process of enhancing student thinking.
This learning experience is being considered for a future RocketPD offering. The core content, practical outcomes, and expert guidance are available to explore now.
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Classroom Teachers
Launch or relaunch a Thinking Classroom with confidence.
Instructional Coaches
Support teachers in implementing the BTC framework.
Curriculum Coordinators
Align the BTC model with school or district instructional goals.
What you can learn
Practical outcomes to explore.
Learn how to build a thinking classroom
Walk through the practical structures — tasks, groups, and surfaces — that make thinking classrooms work.
Learn how to teach content through a thinking classroom
Apply the framework to real content and successfully launch or relaunch your Thinking Classroom on Day 1.
Planned Learning Experience
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Topics and sequence may be refined before a future offering is announced.-
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Introduction to a Thinking Classroom
The importance of thinking tasks, visibly random groups, and vertical non-permanent surfaces (VNPS).
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Engagement in the Thinking Classroom
The important relationship between thinking and engagement, how to increase engagement through flow, and the relationship between flow and productive struggle.
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A Thinking Classroom Lesson: From Launch to Closing
The importance of the launch, how to consolidate, how to do meaningful notes, and how to use check-your-understanding questions.
Your Instructor
Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Dr. Peter Liljedahl is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Simon Fraser University and the creator of Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) — a research-based framework for transforming K-12 classrooms into environments where students think, rather than just do. His bestselling book, Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics (Grades K-12): 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning, has sparked a global movement in how educators approach instruction.
Mathematics Instruction
Student Engagement
Math Instruction
Instructional Leadership
What to expect
A practical, expert-led learning experience
Expert-led exploration of the cohort topic
Practical strategies connected to the published curriculum
Opportunities to learn alongside education peers
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What educators say about learning with Dr. Peter Liljedahl.
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics exudes enthusiasm for students, how they think, and how those thoughts coalesce into powerful thinking classrooms. It's also deeply practical.
Dan MeyerPeter Liljedahl's Thinking Classroom framework transformed my mathematics classroom overnight. This framework gave me a starting point I started implementing the very next day.
Laura Wheeler TeacherAn in-depth action plan backed with significant research and data — Liljedahl's plan is one that can improve every classroom for the better.
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