The Power of Making Thinking Visible: Practices to Engage and Empower All Learners (Paperback)

List of Figures vii

Acknowledgments ix

The Authors xv

Introduction xvii

Part One: Laying the Foundation for Power 1

Chapter 1: Six Powers of Making Thinking Visible 2

Fostering Deep Learning. 4

Cultivating Engaged Students 6

Changing the Role of the Student and Teacher. 9

Enhancing Our Formative Assessment Practice. 12

Improving Learning (even when measured by standardized tests) 14

Developing Thinking Dispositions 22

Conclusion 24

Chapter 2: Making Thinking Visible: A Goal and Set of Practices 27

Making Thinking Visible as a Goal of Teaching 27

Making Thinking Visible as a Set of Practices. 29

Organizing Thinking Routines 41

Part Two: Eighteen Powerful Routines 43

Chapter 3: Routines for Engaging with Others 44

Give One Get One 46

Ladder of Feedback 58

The Leaderless Discussion 71

SAIL: Share, Ask, Ideas, Learned 84

Making Meaning 97

+1 Routine 110

Chapter 4: Routines for Engaging with Ideas 122

Question Sorts 124

Peeling the Fruit 136

The Story Routine: Main-Side-Hidden 149

Beauty & Truth 159

NDA 172

Take Note 185

Chapter 5: Routines for Engaging in Action 195

PG&E: Predict-Gather-Explain 197

ESP + I 210

Be-Sure-To 222

What? So What? Now What? 234

The 3 Y’s 246

The 4 If’s 256

Part Three: Realizing the Power 268

Chapter 6: Using Thinking Routines for Maximum Effect 269

Planning for Thinking 271

Being Primed for Thinking 280

Pressing for Thinking 286

Positioning for Thinking 292

Chapter 7: Learning to Support One Another as We Make Thinking Visible 297

Beyond the Toolset: Developing Our Skills at Using the Tools 298

Beyond the Skillset: The Mindsets that Motivate Action 306

Supports for Developing Skillsets and Mindsets 310

In Conclusion 317

References 320