A Proven Program For Enhancing Students' Thinking And Comprehension Abilities, Is A Research-Based Approach To Teaching Thinking, Begun At Harvard's Project Zero, That Develops Students' Thinking Dispositions, While At The Same Time Deepening Their Understanding Of The Topics They Study. Rather Than A Set Of Fixed Lessons, Visible Thinking Is A Varied Collection Of Practices, Including Thinking Routines?small Sets Of Questions Or A Short Sequence Of Steps?as Well As The Documentation Of Student Thinking. Using This Process Thinking Becomes Visible As The Students' Different Viewpoints Are Expressed, Documented, Discussed And Reflected Upon.
- Helps Direct Student Thinking And Structure Classroom Discussion
- Can Be Applied With Students At All Grade Levels And In All Content Areas
- Includes Easy-To-implement Classroom Strategies
- The Book Also Comes With A DVD Of Video Clips Featuring Visible Thinking In Practice In Different Classrooms.