{"id":379,"date":"2023-10-14T10:10:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T14:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/?p=379"},"modified":"2023-10-14T10:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T14:11:51","slug":"making-thinking-visible-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/2023\/10\/making-thinking-visible-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Thinking Visible Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:740px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\" style=\"text-align:center\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:50px;margin-top:10px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\" style=\"text-align:center\">The Power of Making Thinking Visible <\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"460\" data-id=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/visible-thinking-routines_orig.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/visible-thinking-routines_orig.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/visible-thinking-routines_orig-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>&#8220;When students realize their thinking forms the basis of your interactions with them, they are more likely to experience thinking routines as purposeful patterns of behavior that have meaning for their learning.&#8221; (Ritchhart &amp; Church)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello readers! Making Thinking Visible or MTV is an awesome concept. One I feel as though a lot of teachers do without the intention of making thinking visible. Once we add the intention and are able to see how we can connect the dots, students are going to begin to see their learning come to life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Engagement of students in their own learning.<\/strong> Teaching and learning happens in meaningful ways everyday. Through these various ways we see student engagement. Not only is it a part of the learning but also ques teaches into how well students are understanding the materials. Challenging students to see learning for themselves and their community. MTV strategies shows students the relevance, or creates relevance to their lives. There are many strategies through the book by Richhart &amp; Church that individualize the learning. I also am pulled toward the stratgies such as: peel the banana, give one take one, the 4 if&#8217;s and many more that allows students to learn from each other as well!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Routines. <\/strong>The entire MTV idea is built around routines and students feeling comfortable and finding confidence within the routines. When we ask students to challenge themselves there is comfort in the fact that they already know the routine or process they will follow. The content or material is what will be new and what will challenge them. I appreciate the idea of routine being a large aspect of all strategies within MTV.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The role of the teacher and the student. <\/strong>A common thought people (and students) have is that the role of a teacher is to be lecturing or preparing students for the activity they are doing. MTV paints a beautiful picture of the role of the teacher and how the students role is different as well. A large part of a teachers job needs to include listening to the students. Hearing their ideas, making sure they know we are hearing their ideas! This is how we can see their understanding on a concept. This is how we can help our other students hear a lesson through their peers words, which may be better for thier understanding. There should be times daily when teachers are quiet and letting the students do the learning and teaching with the guidance of their teacher. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pz.harvard.edu\/thinking-routines\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#000000\">Check out this great resource for finding different strategies! <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-top-large getwid-padding-bottom-large getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\" style=\"min-height:70vh\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1879px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\" style=\"background-image:url('http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/better-math-background.jpeg')\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-image\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/better-math-background.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-top-none getwid-padding-bottom-none getwid-padding-left-none getwid-padding-right-none getwid-justify-content-flex-start\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:740px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">In math class this week we tried&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:30px;margin-top:10px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">Be-Sure-To<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were preparing for an assessment on exponent properties this week. On Monday we spent time working through some review problems in partners. On Tuesday students were in new partner groups and received a &#8220;key&#8221; of the review they completed the day before. In this &#8220;key&#8221; were four incorrect answers. Students were asked to find the four errors and explain the misconception the student who answered incorrectly had. For example; the student answered an expression where exponents with the same base were being multiplied and they multiplied the exponents instead of adding them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/&lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLWdy29WO38?si=36Rn0jRfIIFl6xYZ&quot; title=&quot;YouTube video player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;Check out this video I watched before preparing this lesson!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Successes: <\/strong>There were so many awesome conversations my students had and a few arguments about what they right operation would be. I was impressed with their dedication to finding all the errors and their ability to put into words what was done incorrectly. When preparing for an assessment in the past I would just project the review and go over in front of the students. This was a much more engaging way for students to review the material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Challenges\/changes I would make next time: <\/strong>If I were to do this again I would check students work prior. There were times when both students had the same error on their paper as the incorrect key had. This made finding the errors much more difficult. Instead of showing students a mistake it almost reassured students they were right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/KEY-Exponents-Study-Guide.docx.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of KEY-Exponents-Study-Guide.docx.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-564366de-208a-413c-8cca-0d8d841cc838\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/KEY-Exponents-Study-Guide.docx.pdf\">KEY-Exponents-Study-Guide.docx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/KEY-Exponents-Study-Guide.docx.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-564366de-208a-413c-8cca-0d8d841cc838\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to questioning students in math to think deeper I found this twitter post that I found helpful to probe students in finding their own errors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Students love to talk. Let&#39;s help them talk about academics! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ownliteracy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ownliteracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FeelTheLearnHMS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FeelTheLearnHMS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jZIFyyLP7h\">pic.twitter.com\/jZIFyyLP7h<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matt Lear (@mrmattlear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrmattlear\/status\/902536495990493185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Teaching and learning honors people&#8217;s full humanity.<\/strong> Schools everywhere started talking about teaching the whole child. There are explicit and implicit things students learn on a daily basis at school that affect them as a whole. It is important for teachers to listen to their students to hear and see the learning taking place. The book mentions many skills or tools that teachers can use to branch their students&#8217; minds. These tools ask students to think about their school lessons in a world wide way. Asking questions about how this affects them, their surroundings, and a bigger picture. Building a landscape of learning that shows how it comes up in their lives and will continue in their future designs for more relevant learning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Both students and teachers have empowerment\/agency.<\/strong> Reading this title made me think directly back to the example I gave earlier about my students feeding off routine. Students learn about how they learn as well. The agency a student has when they know the best way for them to learn, I can only imagine the difference a student would feel. I think it would provide them with comfort and confidence inside and outside of the classroom. Teachers are doing this everyday without thinking about it or trying to do it. Building a routine and being consistent for your students allows them the opportunity to find those comforting tools and work around your lessons in ways they know they can connect with the material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey guys! Check out my lastest blog post about Making Thinking Visible! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/makingthinkingvisible?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#makingthinkingvisible<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/findtheerrorinclass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#findtheerrorinclass<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/besureto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#besureto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7xvT6uYc3\">https:\/\/t.co\/k7xvT6uYc3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Delaney Wilson (@MathwWilson10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MathwWilson10\/status\/1713193810707054941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><\/div>","protected":false},"author":8062,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/files\/2023\/10\/MTV-book-cover.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8062"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}