“Motivating young people to be better citizens” Thinking Maps® Darlene Roberts

“Motivating young people to be better citizens” Background Created in 1988 by David Hyerle, Director of Curriculum and Professional Development with Innovative Learning Group Fully integrated into the JROTC curriculum in 2005

“Motivating young people to be better citizens” Facts Visual learning tools with a clearly defined, common thinking process language. Each map is based on a fundamental thinking skill. 8 Total. Used across all grade levels Fully implemented into some school districts Fully integrated into the JROTC curriculum in 2005 Core lesson for LET 1, Unit 3, Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Software and Training disks

“Thinking Maps store information the way the brain does.” “The brain is a pattern seeker.” “Motivating young people to be better citizens” The Human Brain

Better learning will come not so much from finding better ways for the teacher to INSTRUCT but from giving the learner better ways to CONSTRUCT. Seymore Papert, 1990 “Motivating young people to be better citizens”

Vehicle Gold Husband Defining in Context 4 Door 2002 Honda Automatic 6 Disk CD Player Sunroof Reputation CostTest Drive

Describing Qualities Vehicle gold dirty used foreign

Compare and Contrast

Classifying

Part-Whole

Sequencing

Little Known Major Events 1.Draw a Flow Map with 4 or more boxes. 2.Using pictures only, illustrate 4 major events in your life. Sequencing

My Example Husband Air Force Kids Parents Retirement Job Security

Cause and Effect

Seeing Analogies

SAT Sample Question 1.water: ice: a.cucumber: pickle b.tree: paper c.cream: butter d.oranges: juice Relating Factor: in a solid state becomes

Actions for Successful Implementation 1. Essential First Step: Introduce students to one Thinking Map at a time 2. Display posters in front of the room as you introduce Maps. 3. Use Maps to guide your questioning and responses. 4. Display students’ Map work on classroom and hallway walls. “Motivating young people to be better citizens”

Plots thoughts for visual learners Helps you place events in sequence You have a better understanding of the story Helps you in structuring papers Helps you to weed out important vs. not important facts Finds patterns in characters Gets you to focus on the main points Useful for note taking Helpful in literature, history and speech “Motivating young people to be better citizens”

Identifying Similarities and Differences Summarizing and Note Taking Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Homework and Practice Nonlinguistic Representations “Motivating young people to be better citizens”