Thinking Routines

This blog entry is designed to list a number of thinking routines that teachers should have in their in their pedagogy toolkit. These strategies are designed to support critical thinking skills and promote HOTS (higher order thinking skills). Please note that all these strategies can be used individually or collaboratively.

1. PMI (Plus, Minus and Interesting)

2. de Bono's Six Thinking Hats

3.  SWOT analysis

4. KWL strategy (what I Know, what I Want to know, what I Learned)

5. See-Think-Wonder

6. Compare and Contrast

For a simple explanation of how to use thinking routines see A thinking routines matrix from the book Making Thinking Visible by Ritchhart, Morrison & Church (2011).

Some humour about people and how they view the Internet:

(Source: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png)