This document discusses how visual thinking can help students learn by using visual representations like maps, flowcharts and other creative works to clarify relationships between ideas and create visual representations of their knowledge, as visual input is something our brains are wired to rapidly make sense of and remember.

1. Our brains are
wired to
rapidly make
sense of and
remember visual
input.

2. How can what
our students
see help them
to learn?

3. How can visual thinking
help students see the
forest for the trees?

4. How can maps and
flowcharts clarify
relationships
between ideas?

5. How can students
create visual
representations of
their knowledge?

6. See What I Mean
Using Visual Thinking in
the Classroom
Derek Bruff
Author of Teaching with
Classroom Response Systems
derekbruff.org / @derekbruff