Thinking Routines

5th October, 2015

How can I make my thinking

visible?

Pre-Assessment

Why Visible Thinking?

Results-driven

“Teach students HOW to think, not WHAT to think.”

“Process is MORE important that the product.”

ResearchResearch

• Project Zero, Harvard School Of Education

• Research across areas Early Childhood (Salmon, 2015)

to Tertiary levels (Akuna, Gray, Kiener, 2014)

Mark

Church

Ron

Ritchhart

Karin

Morrison

ResearchCurriculum Links

“Cultures of Thinking are places where a group’s collective, as well as individual thinking, is valued, visible, and actively promoted, as part of the ongoing experience of all group members.”

(Ron Ritchhart)

• The modeling of the group leader.

• The way time is allocated.

• The way language and conversation are used.

• The interactions and relationships that unfold.

• The expectations that are communicated.

• The opportunities that are created.

• The routines and structures that are put into place.

• The way the environment is set-up and utilized.

The 8 Cultural Forces

Routines – What are they?Routines – What are they?

Picture of handout

Revisiting Routines to Show Growth

https://www.mindmeister.com/Inspiration Software/

An Example: Headlines Routine

Reading One: GBR

Reading Two: GBR

Integrate

routines…

Sentence-Phrase-

Word

http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/85536/the

-great-barrier-reef-debate

Reading/Viewing Three: GBR

Across Curriculum, Multiage

C.S.I

Daintree Deforestation

C.S.I Student Work

Adaptable?

Let’s try headlines with a reading

“Thinking routines illuminate content, rather than decorate content”

Useful Resources

• Handout

• Books

• Weebly http://visiblethinkinginyear5.weebly.com/

• Visible Thinking website

http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/

"For classrooms to be cultures of

thinking for students, schools

must be cultures of thinking for

teachers.”

(www.ronritchhart.com)

Identify the type of thinking you

want to make routine in your

classroom.

What kinds of thinking are

important in your subject area?

What kinds of thinking will students

need to build understanding?

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Using the thinking routines as a

formative assessment tool.

Teachers document their own

thinking when using the LAST

protocol in study groups.

Create Your Own…4