The document discusses strategies for promoting higher-order thinking in students. It recommends getting students to engage in more complex thought processes beyond just knowledge and understanding, such as research projects, problem solving, and inquiry-based learning. Inquiry-based learning involves posing interesting questions for students to research and form hypotheses to answer, using resources to collect data and test their hypotheses. The document also discusses using information and communication technologies to enhance individual and collaborative learning, such as through online resources, social networking, and multimedia presentations.