Testing Cognitive Integration in Practice

Students meet their partner class by video, introduce themselves, and agree on a shared way to record examples of divergent and convergent thinking in real tasks. Each class explains how they will gather evidence from local teachers and students.

Students observe lessons and tasks in their local classrooms, interview teachers, and collect examples of when thinking shifts between generating ideas and choosing the best one. They record their findings using the shared protocol and share the data with the partner class.

Working in mixed international teams, students combine the collected data and compare the classroom designs of both countries. They identify which features seem to best support integrated critical thinking and creative problem-solving.

Teams draft a joint report that evaluates which classroom design best supports integrated thinking across the two contexts. They use their data to justify conclusions and give each other structured peer feedback to revise their work.

Students present their comparisons and recommendations to the partner class and local teachers in a shared video session. They reflect individually and together on how their own thinking and collaboration changed during the project.