Target Audience: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Deeper Learning Leads

Thinking Maps is a set of 8 visual patterns that correlate to specific cognitive processes. They benefit students by providing a consistent thinking process, vocabulary, and visual language through interactive engaging student activities allowing them to interact with content in literacy and math using any curriculum or supplemental materials. Furthermore, Thinking Maps assists students in organizing their ideas on paper or by computer, and—as a result—teaches them to read, write, problem-solve and think better.

Participants will gain:

● Overview of Theory, Research Basis

● Introduction to the Defining Characteristics of Thinking Maps

● Learning the Thinking Maps: 8 Visual Patterns for Critical Thinking— Asking Questions

● Strategies for Developing Independent Learners: Teaching the Maps to Students

This event is capped at 36 teacher participants- those 36 teacher participants will receive a FREE, physical copy of Thinking Maps: A Language for Learning, 2nd Ed. Teacher’s Guide.

For more information, contact Erin McIver (erin.mciver@ckec.org)