“Thinking Maps give me a chance to learn”
“Thinking Maps give me a chance to learn. I couldn’t get it when one of my old teachers talked to me all day and then wanted me to write a lot of words. At this new school, I can understand the teachers when they use the maps. And I can finally do the work because I get it!”
Learning Prep Student
What do we learn from the K-12 special education school Learning Prep including highlights from an article, data, a video with a student interview, and an article about Learning Prep (see RESOURCES below)? Your comments are important - please read what others have commented and your sharing by selecting comments at the end of this entry below.
“Thinking Maps is one of the most powerful tools that Learning Prep School uses to facilitate learning for students who have been unable to succeed in other educational environments.”
Cynthia Manning, M. Ed.
Learning Prep School, Newton, Massachusetts
“We now see the significant results of our students’ performance through the use of these visual tools as integrated into our overall program. The MCAS is the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test for school assessment and accountability in the state of Massachusetts.”
Cynthia Manning, M. Ed.
While watching the video below consider what enables students (and adults!) to have clear pathways to think on their own and process information independently? The video is in quicktime. A link to a windows media version is below under RESOURCES.
How do we assess if students are processing information independently?
Your thoughts and ideas are important to the Thinking Community. Please read and respond in the comments link below.
RESOURCES
Watch the video clip with Windows Media.
Watch the video clip as seen above with David Hyerle introducing the video clip (Quicktime).
Read the chapter Thinking Maps® for Special Needs by Cynthia Manning, M.Ed. from the upcoming "Visual Tools for Transforming Information into Knowledge" on Corwin Press.