1. Thinking and Choices in the Art Studio Art Educators have unique opportunities to enhance student thinking and problem solving

2. Activity Divide into 4 equal groups Each member needs one of each of the following items:  8 ½ X 8 ½ white paper  6 X 6 green paper  3 X 3 black paper  scissors and glue Secret directions to each groups

3. Discussion In your group: How did you feel doing this activity? Whole group: Share out Whole group: Compare activities and feelings

4. Behavior No Choice Little Choice Open ended choice Framed choice Why?

5. Framed Choice How do you… Begin a new lesson Activate prior knowledge Set limits and choices for an assignment Handle “way out” choices Handle gifted and challenged students Teach students to brainstorm multiple ideas Use visualization Handle it when the mental image doesn’t match the student’s product

6. Thinking Metacognition Schema Inferring Questioning Determining Importance Visualizing Synthesizing

7. Thinking about my Thinking I’m thinking I’m noticing I’m wondering I’m seeing I’m feeling

8. Making Connections Using prior knowledge That reminds me of I’m remembering I have a connection with I have schema for I can relate to

9. Connections and prior knowledge plus evidence My guess is Maybe Perhaps It could be that This could mean I predict I infer

10. Questions before, during, and after I wonder What if Why I don’t understand It confused me How could

11. What matters most What’s important here What matters to me One thing that we should notice I want to remember It’s interesting that

12. Create Mental Images I’m picturing I can imagine I can feel  see  smell  taste  touch  hear My mental image includes

13. Changing your thinking along the way Now I understand why I’m changing my mind about I used to think_____but now I think____ My new thinking is I’m beginning to think