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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.
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.
Thinking
Maps
Visual Tools
Used in all content areas
Based on thought
processes
Used by all
teachers
Used in combination for depth of thought
Notemaking Guide for Learning Thinking Maps
Circle Map
Page 1-16
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
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
Your Name
Things that tell something about
you
Things/people that have influenced you
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!
Science
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
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
Thought process: Sequencing
When do you use sequencing in:
READING?
SOCIAL STUDIES?
SCIENCE?
MATH?
In every instance, you could use a:FLOW MAP
WRITING?
“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