Table 1 Making thinking visible
Principle | Action |
|---|---|
1. Articulate | • Make explicit the thinking required |
• Reverse engineer your own thinking. Explain and describe how you think through problems and issues | |
2. Make concrete and visible | • Identify thinking behaviours – what expert thinkers ask and say when they engage in thinking |
4. Refine, chunk & sequence | • Refine and group the thinking behaviours into useful heuristics – thinking routines |
5. Enculturate | • Make the thinking a routine part of your teaching |
• Repeat and model thinking routines | |
• Encourage students to frequently and regularly use these routines |