"thinking of participating" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone's current thoughts or intentions about joining in an activity or event. Example: "John was thinking of participating in the charity walk, but he wasn't sure if he had enough time to train for it."
"This was supposed to be the thinking man's way of participating in the Internet without having to think too hard about the winners," said Steven Appledorn, a portfolio manager at Munder Capital Management, which holds positions in several incubator stocks.
Additionally, the New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) requires development of key competencies of thinking, participating and contributing.
For example, if the instructions state the respondent should consider the impact of his or her health condition or the use of assistive devices when thinking about participating in certain life roles, then 'health conditions' and 'assistive devices' were included as meaningful concepts for each question.
However, as we have shown the constraints of such videos, through liberties taken in the telling of the stories about biological processes, possibly limited student learning of thinking, participating and contributing to discussion about the tentative nature of science ideas.
As for monetization, Gigya is thinking about releasing support for inserting sponsored items into the news feeds of participating publishers' sites.
The calculus of thinking about not participating in an important local forum solely in terms of whether it gives partisan advantage or makes partisan sense, illustrates exactly why George Washington disliked political parties and thought them to be inimical to the well-being of democracy.
Such a link is supported by findings of a study by McDaniels [ 46] whose study found that there is relationship between critical thinking and participating in policy activities.
The speech by Mr. Johnson, the Defense Department's former general counsel, offered a window into the thinking of someone who participated in the inner circles of Obama administration national security decision-making until recently.
"We should not be thinking of N.H.L. players not participating; we should be thinking of the opposite.
The goal was not to find the majority opinion, but to arrive at a vision that reflected the thinking of the diverse experts participating.
Table 3 provides examples of thinking routines documented by participating educators and recorded by the researchers in the discussion groups.
