The Power of Making Thinking Visible

The long-awaited follow-up to Making Thinking Visible, provides new thinking routines, original research, and unique global case studies Visible Thinking a research-based approach developed at Harvard s Project Zero prompts and promotes students thinking. This approach has been shown to positively impact student engagement, learning, and development as thinkers. Visible Thinking involves using thinking routines, documentation, and effective questioning and listening techniques to enhance learning and collaboration in any learning environment. The Power of Making Thinking Visible explains how educators can effectively use thinking routines and other tools to engage and empower students as learners and transform classrooms into places of deep learning. Building on the success of the bestselling Making Thinking Visible, this highly-anticipated new book expands the work of the original by providing 18 new thinking routines based on new research and work with teachers and students around the world. Original content explains how to use thinking routines to maximum effect in the classroom, engage students exploration of big ideas, link thinking routines to formative assessment, and more. Providing new research, new global case studies, and new practices, this book: Focuses on the power that thinking routines can bring to learning Provides practical insights on using thinking routines to facilitate student engagement Highlights the most effective techniques for using thinking routines in the classroom Identifies the skillsets and mindsets needed to truly make thinking visible Features actionable classroom strategies that can be applied across grade levels and content areas Written by researchers from Harvard s Project Zero, The Power of Making Thinking Visible: Using Routines to Engage and Empower Learners is an indispensable resource for K-12 educators and curriculum designers, higher education instructional designers and educators, and professional learning course developers.

The long-awaited follow-up to Making Thinking Visible, provides new thinking routines, original research, and unique global case studiesVisible Thinking--a research-based approach developed at Harvard's Project Zero - prompts and promotes students' thinking. This approach has been shown to positively impact student engagement, learning, and development as thinkers. Visible Thinking involves using thinking routines, documentation, and effective questioning and listening techniques to enhance learning and collaboration in any learning environment. The Power of Making Thinking Visible explains how educators can effectively use thinking routines and other tools to engage and empower students as learners and transform classrooms into places of deep learning.Building on the success of the bestselling Making Thinking Visible, this highly-anticipated new book expands the work of the original by providing 18 new thinking routines based on new research and work with teachers and students around the world. Original content explains how to use thinking routines to maximum effect in the classroom, engage students exploration of big ideas, link thinking routines to formative assessment, and more. Providing new research, new global case studies, and new practices, this book:* Focuses on the power that thinking routines can bring to learning* Provides practical insights on using thinking routines to facilitate student engagement* Highlights the most effective techniques for using thinking routines in the classroom* Identifies the skillsets and mindsets needed to truly make thinking visible* Features actionable classroom strategies that can be applied across grade levels and content areasWritten by researchers from Harvard's Project Zero, The Power of Making Thinking Visible: Using Routines to Engage and Empower Learners is an indispensable resource for K-12 educators and curriculum designers, higher education instructional designers and educators, and professional learning course developers.

List of Figures ixAcknowledgments xiAbout the Authors xvIntroduction xviiPart One Laying the Foundation for Power 1One Six Powers of Making Thinking Visible 3Fostering Deep Learning 6Cultivating Engaged Students 7Changing the Role of the Student and Teacher 9Enhancing Our Formative Assessment Practice 11Improving Learning (Even When Measured by Standardized Tests) 13Developing Thinking Dispositions 17Conclusion 19Two Making Thinking Visible: A Goal and Set of Practices 21Making Thinking Visible as a Goal of Teaching 23Making Thinking Visible as a Set of Practices 24Organizing Thinking Routines 33Part Two Eighteen Powerful Routines 37Three Routines for Engaging with Others 39Give One Get One 42Ladder of Feedback 50The Leaderless Discussion 59SAIL: Share-Ask-Ideas-Learned 67Making Meaning 76+1 Routine 86Four Routines for Engaging with Ideas 95Question Sorts 98Peeling the Fruit 107The Story Routine: Main-Side-Hidden 117Beauty & Truth 124NDA 132Take Note 140Five Routines for Engaging in Action 147PG&E: Predict-Gather-Explain 150ESP+I 158Be-Sure-To 166What? So What? Now What? 174The 3 Y's 182The 4 If 's 190Part Three Realizing the Power 199Six Using Thinking Routines for Maximum Effect 201Planning for Thinking 204Being Primed for Thinking 211Pressing for Thinking 215Positioning for Thinking 219Seven Learning to Support One Another as We Make Thinking Visible 223Beyond the Toolset: Developing Our Skills at Using the Tools 226Beyond the Skill Set: The Mindsets That Motivate Action 231Supports for Developing Skill Sets and Mindsets 233In Conclusion 239References 241Index 245