<b>A proven program for enhancing students'' thinking and comprehension abilities</b><p>Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard''s Project Zero, that develops students'' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study. Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied collection of practices, including thinking routines?small sets of questions or a short sequence of steps?as well as the documentation of student thinking. Using this process thinking becomes visible as the students'' different viewpoints are expressed, documented, discussed and reflected upon.</p><ul><li>Helps direct student thinking and structure classroom discussion</li><li>Can be applied with students at all grade levels and in all content areas</li><li>Includes easy-to-implement classroom strategies</li></ul><p>The book also comes with a DVD of video clips featuring Visible Thinking in practice in differen