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21.3.2019
HARVARD PROJECT ZERO- VISIBLE THINKING ROUTINES
One important finding is that skills and abilities are not enough for thinking. They are important of course, but alertness to situations that call for thinking and positive attitudes toward thinking and learning are tremendously important as well. Often, some students think in shallow ways not for lack of ability to think more deeply but because they simply do not notice the opportunity or do not care. To put it all together, good thinking involves abilities, attitudes, and alertness, all three at once. Visible Thinking is designed to foster all three.
What makes these routines work to promote the development of a students thinking and the classroom culture are that each routine:
Is goal oriented, 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
Can be used across a variety of context
Can be used by the group or by the individual
It is necessary for the teacher to bring appropriate content to the routine. Because of their simple nature, the routines can simply be used as a means of investigating and working with existing subject matter. Since IB program is rich in content we use these thinking routines to enable our students to promote detailed thinking.
