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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThis week I was able to use a new MTV (Making Thinking Visible) strategy in my math classroom with 3rd graders! It pushed my boundaries as a teacher and got me out of my comfort zone of my normal routine! The students thoroughly enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy reading about a new strategy you can incorporate into your classroom! If you decide that you would like to learn more about these teaching practices, click on the image of the book for a link to purchase on Amazon!<\/em> Let’s start with the fundamentals… what is MTV all about? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MTV creates a culture that celebrates individual creative ideas rather than implicitly reinforcing the groupthink phenomenon. Students are acknowledged for their individual thinking processes and share these with confidence. This is so crucial in the 21st century with the influence of social media on young minds. Teaching students how to think for themselves as a daily practice will flow into all other aspects of their lives and impact their choices as they grow up and encounter influences from their friends, family, media, and the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students get in the habit of observing, analyzing, and questioning as part of their learning process. Using MTV strategies with fidelity, routine, and intentionally will change the way that students experience education. Having students think visibly as a part of your teaching practice will create habitual practices and rewire the way that learning occurs in students’ brains!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making Thinking Visible empowers students to be in control of their own learning. It moves away from the traditional model of teaching (the teacher transmits knowledge to students) and moves towards a mutual learning approach to education. You as an educator are learning just as much (if not more!) from your students as they are from you. This kind of feedback assists in figuring out how individual students process information and creates opportunities for future differentiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the authors, Ron Ritchhart, actually has a blog where he writes about his work and experiences working with teachers to help develop visible thinking strategies in their classrooms. Check out his amazing blog post about Using Thinking Routines here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nGives students the opportunity to think for themselves<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Creates a culture of thinking in your classroom<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Challenges the role of teacher and students<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n