Thinking Maps®

Training Bulletins

2010

May - Mapping Career Education

March - Blending Maps

'Thinking Maps' to Learning
By Steve Talbot
April 6, 2010 KCSOS home page story

2009

November - Vocabulary Circle Maps

June - Double Bubble

April - Bridge Map

March - Brace Map

February - Multiflow Map

January - Flow

2008

November/December - Tree Map

October - Bubble Map

September - Circle Map


Thinking Maps® is a program-wide initiative adopted by Court and Community Schools in 2006. Thinking Maps® is a common visual language used to transfer thinking processes, integrate learning, and for continuous assessment of progress. Thinking Maps® are eight visual-verbal learning tools, each based on a fundamental thinking process and used together as a set of tools for showing relationships. The consistency and flexibility of each of the Thinking Maps® promotes student-centered and cooperative learning, concept development, reflective thinking, creativity, clarity of communication, and continuous cognitive development.

The Thinking Maps® model program consists of eight maps that correspond with fundamental thinking processes. The Circle Map is used for defining in context; the Bubble Map, describing with adjectives; the Flow Map, sequencing and ordering; the Brace Map, identifying part/whole relationships; the Tree Map, classifying/grouping; the Double Bubble Map, comparing and contrasting; the Multi-Flow Map, analyzing causes and effects; and the Bridge Map, seeing analogies. These maps are a "common visual language" for students in all subject areas (Grades K-12).

Visit the Thinking Maps web site.
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