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=How To Teach Thinking=

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Visible Thinking makes extensive use of learning routines that are thinking rich. These routines are simple structures, for example a set of questions or a short sequence of steps, that can be used across various grade levels and content. What makes them routines, versus merely strategies, is that they get used over and over again in the classroom so that they become part of the fabric of classroom' culture. The routines become the ways in which students go about the process of learning.

Thinking routines form the core of the Visible Thinking program. What makes these routines work to promote the development of a students thinking and the classroom culture are that each routine:
 * Is goal oriented in that it targets specific types of thinking
 * Gets used over and over again in the classroom
 * Consists of only a few steps
 * Is easy to learn and teach
 * Is easy to support when students are engaged in the routine
 * Can be used across a variety of context
 * Can be used by the group or by the individual

Routines are really just patterns of action that can be integrated and used in a variety of contexts. You might even use more than one routine in teaching a single lesson. Thus, you shouldn't think about the routine as taking time away from anything else you are doing, they should actually enhance what you are trying to do in the classroom.

Focus on Integration with Existing Content Because the module consists mostly of routines, it is necessary for the teacher to bring appropriate content to the routine. Because of their simple nature, the routines do not need to be taught but can simply be used as a means of investigating and working with existing subject matter. Nonetheless, when teachers first introduce a routine he or she may choose to do so with one of the suggested topics or a topic that may not be a regular part of students' study. For example, the "What makes you say that?" routine might be introduced with an engaging picture or photograph, though later a teacher might want to use it with a poem, artifact, or scientific experiment. With all of the routines, teachers will need to think about what topics are most appropriate for their introduction and continued use.

Core Routines The core routines are a set of seven or so routines that target different types of thinking from across the modules. These routines are easy to get started with and are commonly found in Visible Thinking teachers' toolkits. Try getting started with with one of these routines.

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//[|What Makes Click Here]// [Think Puzzle Explore]] //A routine that sets the stage for deeper inquiry// //[|Think Puzzle Explore Click Here]// [Think Pair Share ]]//A routine for active reasoning and explanation// [|Think Pair Share Click Here] CircleViewpoints_Routine.html|Circle of Viewpoints]] //A routine for exploring diverse perspectives// //[|Circle View Points Click Here]// //[|I Use To Think Now I Think Click Here]// See Think Wonder]]//A routine for exploring works of art and other interesting things// //[|See Think Wonder Click Here]// Compass Points]] //A routine for examining propositions// //[|Compass Points Click Here]//
 * What Makes You Say That?]] //Interpretation with justification routine//
 * I used to Think... Now I think...]] //A routine for reflecting on how and why our thinking has change//

=Fairness Routines= =//A routine for exploring diverse perspectives//= //[|Circle View Points Click Here]// =//A routine for considering presentist attitudes and judgments//= //[|Here Now/ There Then Click Here]// =//A routine for finding actions//= //[|Make Now There, Then click Here]// =//A routine for separating fact and feeling//= //[|Reporters Notebook click here]// =//A routine for exploring the complexity of dilemmas//= //[|Tug of War Click Here]//

=Truth Routines= =//A routine for clarifying truth claims//= //[|Claim Support Question Click Here]// =//A routine noticing truth occassions//= //[|Hot Spots Click Here]// =//A routine for clarifying claims and seeking sources//= //[|Stop Look Listen Click Here]// =//A routine for considering viewpoints on truth//= //[|True For Who click here]// =//A routine for exploring tensions of truth//= //[|Tug For Truth click here]// =//A routine focusing students on signs of puzzles of truth//= //[|Red Light Yellow Light Click Here]//

=Creativity Routines= =//A routine for looking at parts, purposes and audiences//= //[|Creative Hunt Click Here]// =//A routine for generating and transforming questions//= //[|Creative Questions Click Here]// =//A routine for thinking creatively about options//= //[|Does It Fit click here]// =//Exploring the tensions of decision making routine//= //[|Options Diamond Click Here]// =//A routine for creative decision making//= //[|Options Explosion Click Here]// =//A routine for getting inside perspectives//= //[|Step Inside click Here]//