{"id":1779,"date":"2018-11-28T14:14:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:14:45","slug":"now-you-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/11\/now-you-see-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Now You See It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making Thinking Visible and Why It Is Important<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No one wants a teacher who stands up in front of the classroom and lectures the entire period about a new biology concept.\u00a0 Instead, get inside your student’s heads!\u00a0 If we really want to know what they are thinking, let them visualize it!\u00a0 MTV strategies are a great way to understand your student’s thinking process and have them interact with their fellow classmates.\u00a0 In Ron Ritchhart’s\u00a0Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Leaners<\/em>, he gives countless MTV strategies.<\/p>\n

Strategy 1: Chalk Talk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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First, pose a question to your students.\u00a0 Have them write it in the center of their large poster paper, then allow them to silently jot down their first thoughts or opinions about your question.<\/p>\n

Second, let the students rotate around the room and have them read other’s responses.\u00a0 Again, have them silently respond to their classmate’s initial thoughts.\u00a0 This allows them to anonymously and carefully explore what everyone is thinking and have them interact with other student’s responses.<\/p>\n

Lastly, once everyone has gone around the room, have each group talk to the class about what was written on their paper.\u00a0 This can start good class discussion on the posed question!<\/p>\n