Thinking tools

Making learning visible

Learning objectives

Explain and justify the thinking tools discussed in this lecture

Match a cognitive verb with an appropriate thinking tool and an
appropriate text
What are thinking tools?
• AKA, graphic organisers

• Tools that help you think (and ultimately learn)

de Bono
• Tools that help you…

• Remember • Analyse de Bono’s 6

thinking hats
• Understand • Evaluate helps you think
systematically
• Apply • Create and deeply
about a topic
There are 3 broad categories of thinking tools

• Tabular
• Networked
• Graphical (Venn diagrams)
Tabular

PMI

POE p. 67

SWOT analysis Y-chart p. 62

Networked

Double bubble p. 80 Fishbone p. 72

Flow chart p. 75

Novak

Concept map p. 63
Mindmap

Buzan

Read this article “The

science of drawing and
memory”
Here’s a couple I made
Graphical (Venn diagrams)

For extension
students, give
them a third
category
Linking Bloom’s, cognitive verbs and thinking tools

Justify belongs here. Why?

Your turn
Create a learning objective from a Year 8 content descriptor

Select an appropriate thinking tool

Pair a text with the thinking tool

Learning objective
Thinking tool
Text
Learning objectives

Explain and justify the thinking tools discussed in this lecture

Match a cognitive verb with an appropriate thinking tool and an
appropriate text