Based on the research report "Thinking Skills" by Robert J. Marzano and C. L. Hutchins, this paper offers the following pointers on teaching children to think: (1) when teaching new information, have students compare it with what they already know; (2) provide students with manageable ways to evaluate information and teach them to ask questions; (3) help students develop a good problem-solving framework; (4) use "guided imagery," a technique that involves imagining an event or experience, to teach children important or difficult information; (5) teach children to elaborate by making inferences about information not explicitly stated in what they read; (6) encourage invention by asking students to create new information or products; (7) make sure students know how to use instruments such as a microscope or a map; and (8) encourage students to set goals for particular time frames. Examples of each pointer are included. It is suggested that educators teach students how to choose the information they want to remember and that students learn to examine their attitudes about learning and to evaluate their own progress. (JD)