Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners by Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church and Karin Morrison

From Chapter’s website:

A proven program for enhancing students’ thinking and comprehension abilities.

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.

• Helps direct student thinking and structure classroom discussion
• Can be applied with students at all grade levels and in all content areas
• Includes easy-to-implement classroom strategies (the book also comes with a DVD of video clips featuring Visible Thinking in practice in different classrooms)

https://www.amazon.ca/Making-Thinking-Visible-Understanding-Independence/dp/047091551X

Who Owns the Learning? Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age by Alan November

http://novemberlearning.com/educational-resources-for-educators/books-on-educational-technology/

Assorted mathematics resources by Marian Small, Cathy Bruce and John A. Van de Walle

Used to find questions that we used with our students

Ontario Mathematics Curriculum

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/math18curr.pdf

Guides to Effective Instruction in Mathematics

Resources developed by the Ministry of Education. Rich tasks for deeper thinking.

http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/resources/guides/Guide_Math_K_6_Volume_1.pdf

EduGAINS – Northwest Catholic District School Board Report on integrating iPads in the classroom

http://www.edugains.ca/resources21CL/InnovationStories/2015-2016/NorthwestCDSB_2015_2016.pdf