8ways - home. Wp-content/uploads/2013/05/learningtheories-full.pdf. Developing a culture of thinking in our schools. Sometimes when the subject of my forgetfulness comes up, I tell my story about memorising entire essays when I was in Year 12, which I was then able to regurgitate word for word in the HSC exam.
My theory is that the exercise must’ve caused some electrical short in my brain because my memory has been shot ever since. But I suppose what this anecdote also illustrates is that in the context of teaching and learning, the memorising of facts often takes precedence over analytical thinking. Moreover, the effects of this can be quite detrimental. Project Zero. Cultures of thinking History by Ron Ritchhart on Prezi. Www.ronritchhart.com/Papers_files/MTV_ritchhart_perkins.pdf. Visible Thinking.
Purpose and Goals Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters. An extensive and adaptable collection of practices, Visible Thinking has a double goal: on the one hand, to cultivate students' thinking skills and dispositions, and, on the other, to deepen content learning. By thinking dispositions, we mean curiosity, concern for truth and understanding, a creative mindset, not just being skilled but also alert to thinking and learning opportunities and eager to take them.