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Evidence 2011
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VLN Document 2011



Milestone Evidence 2010
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Fostering the Thinking Key Competency

Help students become competent thinkers by using scaffolds during the learning process to make thinking visible.

Encourage students to become effective questioners, flexible thinkers, creative problem-solvers and effective communicators and to understand more about their learning.

Scaffolds for thinking skills help the learner organise and make sense of of information by: helping the learner to transform knowledge and apply it to new situations encouraging deeper thinking. providing a bridge towards new learning.

Various thinking frameworks and ideas can contribute to achieving a 21st century:

graphic organisers - charts to organise thinking according to the particular situation. strategic questioning - framework for questioning skills to elicit deeper thinking. Bloom’s Taxonomy - framework for levels of thinking Habits of Mind - framework for thinking through values. Thinker’s Keys - concept for thinking through all aspects. Thinking Hats - six perspectives from which students can consider an issue.