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Welcome to

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To use Thinking Maps as a “common visual language” in your

learning community for transferring thinking

processes, integrating learning, and for

continuously assessing progress.

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Better learning will come not so much from finding

better ways for the teacher to

INSTRUCT...

...but from giving the learner better ways to

CONSTRUCT MEANING. Seymore Papert, 1990

THE MAPS SHOULD BECOME

STUDENT TOOLS FOR THINKING.

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Thinking

Maps

Visual Tools

Used in all content areas

Based on thought

processes

Used by all

teachers

Used in combination for depth of thought

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Notemaking Guide for Learning Thinking Maps

Circle Map

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LOOKS LIKE:

THINKING PROCESS:

SEE SECTION 1: 1-18 TO 1-23

NOTES:

Defining in Context or Brainstorming

Topic

How or where did I learn this?

My frame of reference

Can be used for:

•Brainstorming

•Diagnosing prior knowledge

•Closure/review

Circle to Tree for Writing

Everything I know

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Reyna

Grew up in West

Los Angeles

Formal Education

Loves Chile!

Enjoys watching movies

Born in Durango, Mexico

Mother & Grandparent

s

Lifelong Friends

School Teachers

Positive Attitude

Large family

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Your Name

Things that tell something about

you

Things/people that have influenced you

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Notemaking Guide for Learning Thinking Maps

Bubble MapLOOKS LIKE:

THINKING PROCESS:

SEE SECTION 1: 1-18 TO 1-23

NOTES:

Describing (adjectives or adj.

phrases only)

Attributes: Math

Properties: Science

Adjective, phrase, character trait

Thing you are describing

Adjectives Only!

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Science

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Notemaking Guide for Learning Thinking Maps

Double Bubble MapLOOKS LIKE:

THINKING PROCESS:

SEE SECTION 1: 1-18 TO 1-23

NOTES:

Compare/contrast, similar /different

Unique: Common

Related to the Venn Diagram

Alike: Different

Similarities

Differences

Color Code

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Notemaking Guide for Learning Thinking Maps

Flow MapLOOKS LIKE:

THINKING PROCESS:

SEE SECTION 1: 1-18 TO 1-23

NOTES:

Sequence, Order, Cycles, etc.

Plots, Processes, Chronolog

y

Major Stage

Substages

Can go in any direction

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Thought process: Sequencing

When do you use sequencing in:

READING?

SOCIAL STUDIES?

SCIENCE?

MATH?

In every instance, you could use a:FLOW MAP

WRITING?

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“Fresh paint, computers, supplies are all good to have,

but if we want our kids to learn more, nothing counts as much

as inspired and inspiring teachers.”

Rita Kramer, Author of Ed School Follies

From Education Week, June 14, 1995


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