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Brief Summary of Hyerle ’ s. KEY CONCEPTS From Thinking Maps: Visual Tools for Activating Habits of Mind , C h . 9 by David Hyerle & Thinking Maps (Ch. 7), in Visual Tools for Transforming Information into Knowledge, Hyerle. 3 KEY COGNITIVE USES OF MAPS. THINKING CREATIVELY
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Brief Summary of Hyerle’s KEY CONCEPTS From Thinking Maps: Visual Tools for Activating Habits of Mind, Ch. 9 by David Hyerle & Thinking Maps (Ch. 7), in Visual Tools for Transforming Information into Knowledge, Hyerle
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;
COMMON VISUAL LANGUAGE • THINKING MAPS: 8 COGNITIVE PROCESSES--FIGURE 9.2. p. 152
WHY MAPS WORK • Metacognition • Memory • View information and expand, reconfigure, reflect on claims and spatially see what we don’t know; • Frame of reference – stepping back to see • What influences how you think? • What experiences and beliefs are operating in how you see this information? • How are you approaching this problem? • Maps provide a language for deeper listening to oneself and others • Maps provide a mental work space between people to view the thinking • Maps offer a holism of meanings