Garcia and Smith write: “The challenge was to encourage students to brainstorm around the topic they were interested in, which helped them become aware of their own thinking and document their thinking through writing and doing (p. 104). Through brainstorming, students began to think critically and then recorded their thoughts and ideas in writing. Writing down thoughts can be as effective as discussing them aloud as a class. The teacher has many different strategies to choose from and learns to find out which strategy it is