Intel's Thinking Tools are designed to support collaborative, student-centered learning and higher-order thinking. The tools include the Visual Ranking Tool, Showing Evidence Tool, and Seeing Reason Tool. The Visual Ranking Tool allows students to easily rank and compare lists by collaborating and negotiating their reasoning. The Showing Evidence Tool helps students develop argumentation and dialogue skills by making claims and supporting them with evidence. The Seeing Reason Tool enables students to create visual diagrams to understand information, organize influencing factors, and investigate whether initial concepts are supported by evidence.
4. The Visual Ranking Tool makes the procedure of
ranking items and comparing lists easy. Working in teams,
they collaborate and negotiate their reasoning.
6. Develop effective
argumentation skills
Develop tactics for positive
dialog as student make
claims, support their claims
with substantial evidence,
debate differences, and
reach conclusions
Examine and assess
measures students use for
their conclusions
8. Allow student to create visual diagrams
The visual diagrams helps student to
understand the information in the
investigation
Student organize factors that influence
or affect the problem
The tool investigate what the student
know, organize the information into a
map, and then investigate whether
their initial concepts are supported by
evidence
SEEING REASON TOOL
9. BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS
Thinking tools are straightforward which permits students to learn and
can get right to ordering, identifying and organizing factors and
their relationships
The Visual Ranking Tool help to get students involved
The Tool is an collaborating experience participation
The outline of the map promote verbal communication between
students and teachers
10. BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS
Teachers can provide individualized support by logging in to view and
comment on each individual teams ranking and reasoning.
Teachers can quickly set up and manage projects online as they need
