Visual thinking

EFL

WHAT IS VISIBLE THINKING?

Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrated the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters.

GOALS
To cultivate students' thinking skills and dispositions.

To concern for truth and understanding.

Who is it for?
Visible Thinking is for teachers, school leaders and administrators in K - 12 schools who want to encourage the development of a culture of thinking in their classrooms and schools.

Getting Started
Visible Thinking is a flexible approach to integrating the teaching and development of thinking with your content and curriculum. There are three ways to get started using Visible Thinking....

 Start with Routines Start by exploring Ideals Start by focusing on Documentation

Starting with Routines

The routines are a central element of the practical, functional and accessible nature of Visible Thinking. Thinking routines are easy to use ministrategies that are repeatedly used in the classroom.

Starting with an Ideal

"Thinking ideal" is a commonsense concept, not a technical one. Thinking ideals are areas of thinking like understanding, truth, creativity, fairness, and more.

 Another reason to start with a particular ideal is that provides an organizing structure that some teachers find useful. Ideals are organized into modules, with one module per ideal.

Starting with Documentation

The idea of documentation is closely linked with the idea of making thinking visible. Through documentation of students' thinking and learning. In this sense, documentation is not just a reflective examination but also a prospective one as it shapes the design of future learning situations.