The Thinking School

Thinking tools are the strategies or scaffolding through which students can access the curriculum. They can be defined as artificial devices that have been developed specifically to improve children's thinking by:

focusing their attention (visually) on an issue that needs to be resolvedoffering immediate feedback through seeing their ideas on paperseeing the big picturemaking new connectionsanalysing complex situationsexplaining relationships between conceptsdeveloping new thinking skillsproducing a larger number of possible solutionsmaking informed choicesconstructing new knowledgecreating new ideas and products.

In this exciting resource, author Ralph Pirozzo offers an introduction to teachers to the world of thinking tools, covering a range of different tools for different tasks, and directing teachers as to how to choose the most appropriate tool for each. Transform your school into a thinking school with this helpful guide.