Concepts

Form: What is it like?

Function: How does it work?

Causation: Why is it like it is?

Change: How is it changing?

Connection: How is it connected to other things?

Perspective: What are the points of view?

Responsibility: What is our responsibility?

Reflection: How do we know?

Booklists

• • Perspective -- booklist created by the Canadian Int'l School (Toh Tuck campus) in Singapore

  • Perspective -- booklist created by the Canadian Int'l School (Tanjong Katong campus) in Singapore

  • Booklists created by Katie Day (UWCSEA East) in LibraryThing

  • Form

  • Connection

  • Causation

  • Function

  • Responsibility

  • Perspective

  • Change

Concepts in Action

"Stephanie Martin [a kindergarten teacher at the International School of Amsterdam, a PYP school] created the Thinking Keys routine with a colleague as a way to help students reflect on their own thinking. The four keys and associated questions give children the vocabulary neccesary to think about and discuss their thinking. The four keys are: Form: What is it like?, Function: How does it work?, Connection: How is this like something I have seen before? and Reflection: How do you know? In this video clip students use the keys to "unlock their thinking" and make connections between patterns they are exploring in math."

Click here to watch this video clip from the Harvard Project Zero: Visible Thinking website.