Thinking Museum provides a workshop on making thinking visible. The workshop discusses visible thinking strategies like thinking routines which use open-ended questions to make thinking visible. Thinking routines include see-think-wonder, where students say what they see, think, and wonder. The workshop teaches how to use thinking routines flexibly with groups, document the process using various tools, and facilitate discussions to encourage group work and different perspectives. Making thinking visible helps develop deeper understanding and engagement for students in museums.

1. Thinking Museum

2. WONDER WALL
TAKE A POST-IT NOTE. !
WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT VISIBLE THINKING.!
PLACE ON THE WONDER WALL.

3. Making Thinking Visible Workshop
WHY
HOW
WHAT
WHO WE ARE
PRACTICE
DISCUSSION/QUESTIONS

4. Who we are
Claire Bown
@thinkingmuseum
Gundy van Dijk
@GundyvanDijk
#visiblethinking

5. What is Visible Thinking?
- Developed in schools since 2000
- Goals:
Deeper content understanding
Greater motivation for learning
Development of learners' thinking
abilities.
Developing a community of
enthusiastically engaged thinkers &
learners
- Central Idea
Making Thinking Visible

6. “
”
Imagine learning to dance
when the dancers are all
invisible

7. How can we make thinking
visible?
- Thinking Routines open-
ended, authentic, constructive,
clarifying questions
- Language of Thinking
and Listening
- Documenting

8. 1. Use thinking
routines and open-
ended questions
flexibly and naturally!
!
2. Be a good facilitator
(looking, pointing,
paraphrasing, linking,
active listening)!
!
3. Document the
process where
possible
4. Encourage group to
work together!
Using VT in the museum

9. 1. thinking
routines
what are they?
how can you use them?

10. thinking routines
simple structures
set of questions or
steps
easy to teach and learn
targets a specific type
of thinking

11. see-think-wonder
1
2
3
What do you see?
What do you think about that?
What does it make you wonder?

13. How?
Large groups/Small groups/
Individually
Multi-modal: written/spoken/
drawing etc.
Low-tech: worksheets/post-its/
whiteboard
High-tech: iPads, apps.

14. Thinking routines
Step Inside
5x2
See Think Wonder
Beginning/Middle/End
Headlines

15. Be a
good
facilitator

16. What is a good facilitator?
Guide looking, make links,
point and paraphrase
Use thinking routines with
open-ended questions
Be mindful of your language
Listen actively, be open,
accepting and neutral

17. 3. Document
the process

18. What is documentation?
Making thoughts visible
Shows what students are interested
in and what lines of inquiry we can
pursue.
How? Charts, tables, diagrams,
photos, post-it notes, video etc.

19. 4.Group
work

20. Group Work
Listening to each other in a respectful way
See beyond a single perspective: Learn to
accept other viewpoints
Working together to solve problems,
decipher meanings
Safe space to talk
Everyone’s ideas are valid
Keep process open-ended to encourage
further inquiry

21. Why do we use thinking routines in the museum?
skills
slow down in-depth
social active
collaborative
equal inclusive

23. WONDER WALL
TAKE A POST-IT NOTE. !
!
WHAT HAS ‘STUCK’ WITH YOU TODAY?!
WHAT HAS SURPRISED YOU?!
WHAT ARE YOU STILL WONDERING ABOUT?!
!
PLACE ON THE WONDER WALL.

24. THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOUR
THINKING VISIBLE!
claire@thinkingmuseum.com!
www.thinkingmuseum.com!
@thinkingmuseum!
Facebook: Thinking Museum!
!
gundyvandijk@gmail.com!
@GundyvanDijk!

25. “
”
Once one begins a campaign
to make thinking visible, the
opportunities seem to be
endless
David Perkins