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This brief summary explores Hyerle's "Thinking Maps" concepts in Chapters 7 and 9, focusing on cognitive uses such as creative thinking, information organization, and conceptualization. It emphasizes the importance of nonlinguistic representations and fundamental cognitive patterns in learning, coaching explicit cognitive skills, and fostering metacognitive abilities in students.
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Brief Summary of Hyerle’s “Thinking Maps” (Ch. 9) &Thinking Maps (Ch. 7) KEY CONCEPTS
3 KEY COGNITIVE USES OF MAPS • THINKING CREATIVELY • ORGANIZING INFORMATION • CONCEPTUALIZING INFORMATION
LINKS BETWEEN COGNITION AND PRESENTATION FUNCTIONS • THINKING CREATIVELY—BRAINSTORMING • ORGANIZING—GRAPHICAL ORGANIZERS • CONCEPTUAL—DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
FUNDAMENTAL COGNITIVE PATTERNS AS FOUNDATION TO LEARNING • 8 NONLINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS, EACH WITH A FUNDAMENTAL COGNITIVE SKILL; • IT IS CENTRAL TO THIS APPROACH TO TEACH (COACH) THESE COGNITIVE SKILLS EXPLICITLY; • EXPLICITLY REFERS TO THINGS LIKE ASKING REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENT TO BECOME A METACOGNITIVE, SELF-ASSESSING, INDEPENDENT LEARNER;