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Making Thinking Visible
Going Deeper with Students via
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Acquire vs. Understand
Observing closely and describing what’s there
Building explanations and interpretations
Reasoning with evidence
Making connections
Considering different viewpoints and perspectives
Capturing the heart and forming conclusions
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Categories of Thinking Routines
Routines for Introducing and Exploring Ideas
Routines for Synthesizing and Organizing Ideas
Routines for Digging Deeper into Ideas
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Introducing and Exploring Ideas
Routines for
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Zoom In
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Zoom In
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Zoom In
Look closely at a small bit of an imageWhat do you see or notice?Why is your hypothesis/interpretation of what this might be?Reveal more of imageWhat new things do you see?How does this change your hypothesis?What are you wondering about?Repeat reveal and questioningWhat lingering questions remain?
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Balance of Documenting and Discourse
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METACOGNITION
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Think-Puzzle-Explore
What do you THINK you know about this topic?What questions or PUZZLES do you have about this topic?How might you EXPLORE the puzzles we have around this topic?
Moves beyond a simple KWL
chart to create a less fact-driven and more process and inquiry oriented activity
Helps teacher locate misconceptions
Encourages ownership of learning
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Synthesizing and Organizing Ideas
Routines for
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I Used to Think…Now I Think
Takes end-of-unit reflection to a deeper levelMoves focus from activities to thinkingUnderstanding comes from not just getting new information but results in changes in thinkingDevelops reasoning abilitiesHelps students recognize cause and effect relationshipsPromotes metacognition
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Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate
GENERATE a list of ideas/initial thoughts on a topic or issueSORT the ideasCONNECT the ideas by drawing lines between the ideas that have something in commonELABORATE on those ideas by adding new ideas that expand and extend your initial thinking
Why it works?
Goes beyond a basic concept map
Organizes our thinking
Illuminates how ideas relate to each other
Solidifies thinking as well as reveals it to others
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Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate
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Digging Deeper into Ideas
Routines for
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What Makes You Say That?
Helps students identify the basis for their thinking by asking them to elaborate on the thinking that lies behind a response.Fosters reasoning with EVIDENCEDeepens a discussionCorrectness of a response doesn’t lie with the authority, but in evidence
Can be woven into discussions at any level and any point
Look for moments when:
An assertion is made
Explanations are given
Interpretations are provided
Opinions offered
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Notes from the Field
The routines move from scripted to natural
Repeated use of a few routines leads to deeper thinking
Students begin to utilize the routines and language without prompting
Don’t bite off more than you can chew
Documenting thinking is
different
from writing on a worksheet
The role of intellectual discourse is essential to success
