Jerard Puccio explains how the educational experiences of many young people condition them to take a passive approach to the learning process.

Rick Ross shares his personal experiences of teaching an engineering subject with an emphasis on thinking and understanding. The students responded well to this approach.

David Jonassen introduces the concept of Mindtools in this article on learning models. “When learners are actively and willfully trying to achieve a cognitive goal, they think and learn more because they are fulfilling an intention.”

This article by David Chan, formerly the Director of Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of InfoComm Technology, looks at what thinking skills are and how they can be taught using an ICT-supported constructivist approach.