How to promote flow in classrooms

It is very important to maintain flow in our classrooms. It plays a vital role in the development of growth mindset, which is very important for every student to be successful in life. Flow means to completely involve someone in what he or she is doing. To create such an environment for students so that they just fully concentrate on their work instead of keeping track of time, which students usually do when they feel bored in the classrooms. Now the question here is how we can promote flow in classrooms. 

Open ended questions: As I learned in our problem solving class, always give students an open ended questions. Don't tell them that the question has only one particular answer. Let students try different methods to solve the problem. Be ready to extend the problems. Students feel excited in solving these type of problems.

Check prior knowledge: Before giving any question always check the prior knowledge of the students. Challenge them according to their skills, because if we will give hard tasks to the students they will feel anxious and bored. The question should not be too easy or too tough. 

Not tell too much: Feel free to share the relevant information as long as the question remains problematic for the students. Do not share too much information with them.

Clear instructions: Always give clear instructions to the students such as how they will solve the problem; in groups or individually. What the question is. What strategies they need to follow to solve the problem.

Connect problems with their daily lives: Always try to make problems relevant to their daily lives. In this way they feel more connected to the problem and try to solve it with more enjoy and curiosity. 

Personal interest: Check the personal interest of students and allow them to choose activity of their own interest. Always make your students feel comfortable in your classrooms, so that they don't hesitate to share their problem with you.

Moreover, involve them in hand on activities because students learn more by visualizing things. Last but not the least take them to the gardens to teach which would be very helpful to maintain the flow.