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Our brains are
wired to
rapidly make
sense of and
remember visual
input.
How can what
our students
see help them
to learn?
How can visual thinking
help students see the
forest for the trees?
How can maps and
flowcharts clarify
relationships
between ideas?
How can students
create visual
representations of
their knowledge?
Show and Tell
Visual Thinking in the
Classroom
Derek Bruff
Center for Teaching
Vanderbilt University
GradSTEP 2011
cft.vanderbilt.edu/gradstep

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Show and Tell: Visual Thinking in the Classroom

Editor's Notes

  1. “O is for Occipital Lobe” by Flickr user illuminaut, Creative Commons licensed
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