Higher Order Thinking Strategies and Tools

The Online Interactive Thinking Strategies and Tools are designed to provide a scaffold which enables students to think with more depth and structure. When using them, ask students to continually reflect on and justify which Habits of Mind best suit how they are thinking.

When students are presenting their thoughts and findings, encourage them to use their dominant Multiple Intelligences. Their presentations could be a talk, role-play, poster, PowerPoint, essay, flowchart, idea map, song, dance or a combination of them.

This collection of thinking strategies and tools have been created and inspired from Mick Walsh's experiences using the Thinking Curriculum, CoRT Thinking, Tribes Program and Visible Thinking from Harvard University.