32 Teaching Minds Effective teaching makes .. .
students develop questions to which they then will seek answers
students look for answers from people other than the teacher
students confused and less certain than they were before
students think about how the teacher is behaving and causes the students to wonder about whether copying this behavior would be a good idea
students think about what works and what doesn’t in the adult world
students think about the stories the teacher tells
students believe that their teacher is not a phony, so they can take what is said seriously
students think about what it means to put oneself on the line for one’s own beliefs
students look more carefully at the work that they themselves have produced
students believe that their teacher is their personal mentor
students look at what the teacher does and see how they can imitate it in a way that is consonant with who they are
students trust their own intuitions
students trust their teacher’s advice
students understand how to begin a process
students understand what you tell if you constantly demonstrate the value of what you tell them
students understand where they fit in the world in which they live
students understand how to get ahead in the world in which they live
students understand the roles of those around them
Now, taking my own advice about starting with the data and then clas- sifying it, let’s look at these rules as a group. What exactly are they sug- gestions about? Broadly speaking, they fall into the following categories: Helping students think: students develop questions to which they then will seek
answers students look for answers from people other than the teacher
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