Visible Thinking - Designing for Metacognition: TCEA 2015 by Tracy Clark | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, businesses and more
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An overview of best teaching techniques as described by Eric Jensen in his book "Teaching with poverty in Mind"
Use the Tug of War Strategy for making thinking visible: Over the last few years my teaching has been heavily ingrained with inquiry based learning, problem/project based learning and open ended questioning.
Have you ever heard of using the “Tug of War” strategy with your students? I got this great idea from the book, “Making Thinking Visible” This is an AMAZING teaching resource! If you are looking for ways to promote engagement and critical thinking in your class (who isn’t?!) this is definitely a must read! So, […]
Getting students to apply knowledge from one context to another is the hardest issue in schools. John Tomsett describes how he used the book The Cognitive Apprentice: Making Thinking Visible, to transform his teaching
Check out my implementation of an MTV strategy in my first grade classroom! Here is my latest blog post to read and find out more! #TCE623 #ExemplaryTeaching #CurriculumandInstruction #MiamiGradSchool
We use tools in our classroom that help encourage our students' thinking -- but are you making their thinking visible? Check out this blog post to find out.
In November 2013, I attended an amazing conference with the focus of developing effective feedback practices to improving student learning. Ron Ritchhart, one of the keynote presenters, shared his research on visible thinking routines. Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching with the aim of developing students’ thinking abilities while deepening their understanding of…
The Peel The Fruit routine: helps guide the exploration of a topic, idea or text encourages learners to 'peel' back the layers to gain a deeper understanding
Using strategies to make thinking visible can be incredibly powerful. Their power, however, hinges almost entirely on how willing teachers are to learn about their students. Far too often, I see visible thinking strategies used as an "activity" or as a way of decorating the walls. In some cases, I think teachers believe that just…
Study for midterms but make sure to balance your studies with your social life. As former college students, we know how to study, while still maintaining a social life, listen to our tips!
This routine helps students sort questions to identify powerful questions that will guide inquiry. Early in our new unit about Quality ...
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A few quick visual posters for elements of Creating Cultures of Thinking. I made these as we work towards some of our goals in the WAB HS and in parallel with my role as a coach in the #CCOTOnline course. Printable A3 versions and a copy of the Chapter Summary Cards are in this Drive…
They're at it again! I have now twice ( April 25, 2014 and March 28, 2014 ) written about teachers in my school using the Visible Thin...
NEW POST: Visible Thinking Routines: Visualized The following Visible Thinking Routines are designs I created so I could understand VTRs …
Visible Thinking is about helping students become better thinkers. The way our students think and their disposition towards thinking, are each greatly influenced by the culture of our schools and classrooms. When thinking is valued and protected, students and teachers will come to realize that real learning is not about facts, but about the exploration of…
Visible Thinking Routines — DEEP design thinking
