1. Ringgold High School Presentation October 31st, 2011

2. So how are Thinking Maps different from graphic organizers?

3. What are Thinking Maps and how are they different from Graphic Organizers? Use a Circle Map to define Thinking Maps.

4. 84% of all information that comes into our brain is VISUAL 40% of all nerve fibers connected to the brain are linked to the retina 36,000 visual messages per hour may be registered by the eyes. - Eric Jensen, Brain Based Learning

5. Knowledge is stored in two forms: Research proves that the more we use both systems of representation, the better we are able to think and recall knowledge. DUAL CODING THEORY Linguistic Form Nonlinguistic Form

6. “The overwhelming need for learners is for meaningfulness… we do not come to understand a subject or master a skill by sticking bits of information to each other. Understanding a subject results from perceiving relationships. The brain is designed as a pattern detector. Our function as educators is to provide our students with the sorts of experiences that enable them to perceive patterns that connect.” Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain (1994), Caine & Caine BRAIN COMPATIBLE TEACHING

7. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Circle Map Defining in Context

8. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Bubble Map Describing

9. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Double Bubble Map Comparing and Contrasting

10. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps Classifying The Tree Map

11. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps Whole to Parts The Brace Map

12. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps Sequencing The Flow Map

13. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Multi-Flow Map Cause and Effect

14. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps Seeing Analogies The Bridge Map

15. Adding a Frame of Reference How do you know what you know about this topic? Did your information come from a specific source? Is this information being influenced by a specific point of view? Who could use this information? Why is this information important? An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps

16. Adding a Frame of Reference

21. Middle School Social Studies

25. The square root function A parabola

29. TREE MAP

33. Technology

38. LAUSD, CA Middle School SS

41. We watched a video.

43. A Tree Map

45. TEACHER / STUDENT INPUT SET

47. Vocabulary Development mitochondria Power Plant

48. KEY WORDS FOR THINKING