When developing a lesson plan, make sure that the majority of the lesson involves students doing math, thinking about math, or talking about math. Make sure the action is on the students' side, most of the time. Active listening doesn't count. 2. The training takes place at your own pace. Cultivating thinking skills in education. The work is inspired by Albert Einstein's e “The value of a university education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think. » Adapted with permission from the Association of Science and Art ASA, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network USERN, produced by, it argues that teachers should help children develop metacognitive awareness and identifies factors that enhance metacognitive development. Metacognitive thinking is a key element in the transfer of learning. The development of a child's metacognitive skills is defined as meta‐learning. Meta‐teaching, - visuomotor thinking begins to develop, linked to the grasping of objects to which the baby's actions will be linked. Slowly, they begin to recognize familiar objects and faces, which triggers memory development. However, during this period, the child does not yet have the ability to communicate verbally.