1. Brief Summary of Hyerle’s
KEY CONCEPTS
From
Thinking Maps: Visual Tools for Activating Habits of Mind, Ch. 9 by David Hyerle
&
Thinking Maps (Ch. 7), in Visual Tools for Transforming Information into Knowledge, Hyerle

2. 3 KEY COGNITIVE USES OF MAPS
THINKING CREATIVELY
ORGANIZING INFORMATION
CONCEPTUALIZING INFORMATION

3. LINKS BETWEEN COGNITION AND PRESENTATION FUNCTIONS
THINKING CREATIVELY—BRAINSTORMING
ORGANIZING—GRAPHICAL ORGANIZERS
CONCEPTUAL—DEEPER UNDERSTANDING

4. FUNDAMENTAL COGNITIVE PATTERNS AS FOUNDATION TO LEARNING
8 NONLINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS, EACH WITH A FUNDAMENTAL COGNITIVE SKILL;
IT IS CENTRAL TO THIS APPROACH TO TEACH (COACH) THESE COGNITIVE SKILLS EXPLICITLY;
EXPLICITLY REFERS TO THINGS LIKE ASKING REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENT TO BECOME A METACOGNITIVE, SELF-ASSESSING, INDEPENDENT LEARNER;

5. COMMON VISUAL LANGUAGE
THINKING MAPS: 8 COGNITIVE PROCESSES--FIGURE 9.2. p. 152

6. 8 cognitive Processes

7. WHY MAPS WORK Metacognition Memory
View information and expand, reconfigure, reflect on claims and spatially see what we don’t know;
Frame of reference – stepping back to see
What influences how you think?
What experiences and beliefs are operating in how you see this information?
How are you approaching this problem?
Maps provide a language for deeper listening to oneself and others
Maps provide a mental work space between people to view the thinking
Maps offer a holism of meanings