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The power of making thinking visible : practices to engage and empower all learners / Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Brand, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119626046
  • 1119626048
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part one. Laying the foundation for power. Six powers of making thinking visible -- Making thinking visible : a goal and set of practices -- Part two. Eighteen powerful routines. Routines for engaging with others -- Routines for engaging with ideas -- Routines for engaging in action -- Part three. Realizing the power -- Using thinking routines for maximum effect -- Learning to support one another as we make thinking visible.
Summary: "Making thinking visible is the idea that learning is about making connections between topics, concepts, and activities rather than steps, assignments, and testing. The power of developing thinking routines is the positive impact they have on student engagement and learning. A thinking routine is the pattern by which we operate and go about the job of learning and working together in a classroom environment. A follow up to a best selling title. In the years since Making Thinking Visible (9780470915516; 204,000 units LTD) has published, the author has been working with colleagues at Project Zero, a research group founded within the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to develop and trial new thinking routines to facility student engagement and learning. The result of that research is a new book that focuses on the power that thinking routines can bring to learning. This is a second book, not a second edition. The theory and research found in Making Thinking Visible is not repeated in this book. This book focuses on new research, new global case studies, and new ideas that even those who read and live by the ideas in the first book will want to get their hands on. Making Thinking Visible is more than a book. With more than 40,000 members of the MTV Facebook community, university and professional learning courses based on the ideas within the book, and strands within the global Project Zero conferences based on it, Making Thinking Visible is more than a book title. The authors want to build on the success of the MTV name by creating a strong link between this book and the original. This new book will fold seamlessly into the promotions and work they are already doing around the MTV concept and book. develop and trial new thinking routines to facility student engagement and learning"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 370.152 R598 Available 33111010955231
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The long-awaited follow-up to Making Thinking Visible , provides new thinking routines, original research, and unique global case studies

Visible Thinking--a research-based approach developed at Harvard's Project Zero - prompts and promotes students' thinking. This approach has been shown to positively impact student engagement, learning, and development as thinkers. Visible Thinking involves using thinking routines, documentation, and effective questioning and listening techniques to enhance learning and collaboration in any learning environment. The Power of Making Thinking Visible explains how educators can effectively use thinking routines and other tools to engage and empower students as learners and transform classrooms into places of deep learning.

Building on the success of the bestselling Making Thinking Visible , this highly-anticipated new book expands the work of the original by providing 18 new thinking routines based on new research and work with teachers and students around the world. Original content explains how to use thinking routines to maximum effect in the classroom, engage students exploration of big ideas, link thinking routines to formative assessment, and more. Providing new research, new global case studies, and new practices, this book:

Focuses on the power that thinking routines can bring to learning Provides practical insights on using thinking routines to facilitate student engagement Highlights the most effective techniques for using thinking routines in the classroom Identifies the skillsets and mindsets needed to truly make thinking visible Features actionable classroom strategies that can be applied across grade levels and content areas

Written by researchers from Harvard's Project Zero, The Power of Making Thinking Visible: Using Routines to Engage and Empower Learners is an indispensable resource for K-12 educators and curriculum designers, higher education instructional designers and educators, and professional learning course developers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Making thinking visible is the idea that learning is about making connections between topics, concepts, and activities rather than steps, assignments, and testing. The power of developing thinking routines is the positive impact they have on student engagement and learning. A thinking routine is the pattern by which we operate and go about the job of learning and working together in a classroom environment. A follow up to a best selling title. In the years since Making Thinking Visible (9780470915516; 204,000 units LTD) has published, the author has been working with colleagues at Project Zero, a research group founded within the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to develop and trial new thinking routines to facility student engagement and learning. The result of that research is a new book that focuses on the power that thinking routines can bring to learning. This is a second book, not a second edition. The theory and research found in Making Thinking Visible is not repeated in this book. This book focuses on new research, new global case studies, and new ideas that even those who read and live by the ideas in the first book will want to get their hands on. Making Thinking Visible is more than a book. With more than 40,000 members of the MTV Facebook community, university and professional learning courses based on the ideas within the book, and strands within the global Project Zero conferences based on it, Making Thinking Visible is more than a book title. The authors want to build on the success of the MTV name by creating a strong link between this book and the original. This new book will fold seamlessly into the promotions and work they are already doing around the MTV concept and book. develop and trial new thinking routines to facility student engagement and learning"-- Provided by publisher.

Part one. Laying the foundation for power. Six powers of making thinking visible -- Making thinking visible : a goal and set of practices -- Part two. Eighteen powerful routines. Routines for engaging with others -- Routines for engaging with ideas -- Routines for engaging in action -- Part three. Realizing the power -- Using thinking routines for maximum effect -- Learning to support one another as we make thinking visible.

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