Thinking through a Lesson: Successfully Implementing High-Level Tasks

This article addressed the idea and concept of Thinking Through a Lesson Protocol (TTLP). This is a concept that is used to help teachers create higher-level thinking situations for their students. Teacher want to create higher level thinking situations for their students however this can cause some teachers to be more nervous about the situation because it means that they will have to set back from the direct instructional method of teaching. This article addressed the different parts that a teacher should think about before, during and after implementing a lesson. TTLP is a way for teachers to think about possible situations that could occur with their students during the lesson. This is a way for teacher to feel more confident when working with higher-level tasks with/for their students. TTLP also allows for teachers to better understand the possibility of different method of actions that different students could possibly take. As a teacher it is important to understand that different does not mean wrong.

I really liked this article because it helped me better understand how to make sure I am helping my student achieve higher-level thinking skills. I liked how one of the personal testimonies stated how she does not write down answer to each of the questions but just simply thinks about it so that she feels better prepared or is able to better understand a student’s possible thinking process on the problem. I also really liked this article because I think that TTLP mirror the mathematical process. Math is completed in steps or parts and developing a proper math higher-level thinking lesson should also be thought-out and completed in parts. This also helps us to make sense of each part to better make sense of the whole. I look forward to using this method in some of my math lesson to come in the future.