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Unlocking
Mathematical Thinking
Julie Mitchell
Brighton Primary School
Project Zero
• Project Zero, a research group at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education, has investigated
the development of learning processes in
children, adults, and organizations since 1967.
• Project Zero's mission is to understand and
enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the
arts, as well as humanistic and scientific
disciplines, at the individual and institutional
levels.
Principal Investigators:
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David Perkins
Ron Ritchhart
Howard Gardner
Shari Tishman
Mark Church
Why a Culture of Thinking?
Our Goals as educators:
• We want students to retain knowledge
• We want students to understand
knowledge
• We want students to use knowledge
Why a Culture of Thinking?
“Learning is a consequence of thinking.
Retention, understanding, and the
active use of knowledge can be
brought about only by learning
experiences in which learners think
about and think with what they are
learning.” (Perkins, 1992)
What is a routine?
• Thinking routines are easy to use, mini
strategies that are repeatedly used in the
classroom. They are a small set of questions or
a short sequence of steps that can be used
across various grade levels and content.
• Routines help direct student thinking and
structure classroom discussions.
So Where Do We Start?
• Grouping (NAPLAN, PAT etc.)
• I need to know more!
• Let’s start with attitude…..
• If Maths Was a Fruit…
If Maths was a Vegetable….
•C.S.I.
• Colour, Symbol, Image
Think, Puzzle, Explore!
• This routine helps students connect to prior
knowledge, stimulates curiosity and lays the
groundwork for independent inquiry. It is useful
when you are beginning a topic and when you
want students to develop their own questions of
investigation.
Think, Puzzle, Explore
• What do you think you know about
this?
• What puzzles you about this?
• What would you like to explore to
further?
The Mogstars talk fractions!
Chalk Talk
• http://www.ronritchhart.com/Welcome.html
• [email protected]
Overview
• By establishing a culture of thinking within our
classrooms we are supporting and challenging
students to be successful.
• We are creating safe conditions for active
participation and rigorous learning.
• Creating a culture of thinking helps create a
stimulating, vibrant and exciting teaching and
learning environment.