Learning Routines and Protocols
Thinking Routines
Project Zero explains Learning Routines as follows:
Routines exist in all classrooms; they are the patterns by which we operate and go about the job of learning and working together in a classroom environment. A routine can be thought of as any procedure, process, or pattern of action that is used repeatedly to manage and facilitate the accomplishment of specific goals or tasks. Classrooms have routines that serve to manage student behavior and interactions, to organizing the work of learning, and to establish rules for communication and discourse. Classrooms also have routines that structure the way students go about the process of learning.
Visible Thinking makes extensive use of learning routines that are thinking rich. These routines are simple structures, for example a set of questions or a short sequence of steps, that can be used across various grade levels and content. What makes them routines, versus merely strategies, is that they get used over and over again in the classroom so that they become part of the fabric of classroom' culture. The routines become the ways in which students go about the process of learning.
Thinking routines form the core of the Visible Thinking program. What makes these routines work to promote the development of a students thinking and the classroom culture are that each routine:
Routines exist in all classrooms; they are the patterns by which we operate and go about the job of learning and working together in a classroom environment. A routine can be thought of as any procedure, process, or pattern of action that is used repeatedly to manage and facilitate the accomplishment of specific goals or tasks. Classrooms have routines that serve to manage student behavior and interactions, to organizing the work of learning, and to establish rules for communication and discourse. Classrooms also have routines that structure the way students go about the process of learning.
Visible Thinking makes extensive use of learning routines that are thinking rich. These routines are simple structures, for example a set of questions or a short sequence of steps, that can be used across various grade levels and content. What makes them routines, versus merely strategies, is that they get used over and over again in the classroom so that they become part of the fabric of classroom' culture. The routines become the ways in which students go about the process of learning.
Thinking routines form the core of the Visible Thinking program. What makes these routines work to promote the development of a students thinking and the classroom culture are that each routine:
- Is goal oriented in that it targets specific types of thinking
- Gets used over and over again in the classroom
- Consists of only a few steps
- Is easy to learn and teach
- Is easy to support when students are engaged in the routine
- Can be used across a variety of context
- Can be used by the group or by the individual
Visible Thinking Core Routines
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See Think Wonder: A routine for exploring works of art and other interesting things
What Makes You Say That?: Interpretation with justification routine
Circle of Viewpoints: A routine for exploring diverse perspectives
Compass Points: A routine for examining propositions
Question Starts: A routine for creating thought-provoking questions
Explanation Game: A routine for exploring causal understanding
Creative Questions: Routine for generating and transforming questions
Think Feel Care: Exploring Complexity
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Think Pair Share: A routine for active reasoning and explanation
I Used to Think...Now I Think...: A routine for reflecting on how or why our thinking has changed
Think Puzzle Explore: A routine that sets the stage for deeper inquiry
Headlines: A routine for capturing essence
Connect Extend Challenge: Connecting new ideas to prior knowledge
Claim Support Question: A Reasoning Routine
Imagine If: Finding Opportunity
People Parts Interaction: Exploring Complexity
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Learning Protocols
A Protocol consists of agreed-upon guidelines for reading, recording, discussing, or reporting that ensure equal participation and accountability. When everyone understands and agrees to using the procedures of the protocol, participants are able to work more effectively both independently and collaboratively, often in ways they are not in the habit of doing. Protocols hold each student accountable and responsible for learning.
Protocols may be used for text-based reading and annotating, collaboration and discussion, consultation and decision-making, sharing and presenting, and for critique. Protocols are built on:
Protocols may be used for text-based reading and annotating, collaboration and discussion, consultation and decision-making, sharing and presenting, and for critique. Protocols are built on:
- organized steps for the procedure (what participants must do);
- time frames for each step (when participants do each step and for how long);
- norms for participants (who participates and how they treat each other)
Chalk Talk: Learning Protocol in Action in PE Class
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Upgrade the KWL Chart
The following two charts from Silvia Tolisano's Langwitches Blog illustrate how to use the updated KWL chart in both analog and digital activities and suggestions for ways of making learning visible.
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