Central Union School District

Thinking Maps

Questions From Texts, Teachers, and Tests	Thinking Processes	Thinking Map As Tools
How are you defining this thing or idea? What is the context? What is your frame of reference?	DEFINING IN CONTEXT	Circle Map
How are you describing this thing?Which adjectives would best describe this thing?	DESCRIBING QUALITIES	Bubble Map
What are the similar and different qualities of these things? Which qualities do you value most? Why?	COMPARING AND CONTRASTING	Double Bubble Map
What are the main ideas, supporting ideas and details in this information?	CLASSIFYING	Tree Map
What are the component parts and subparts of this whole physical object?	PART-WHOLE	Brace Map
What happened? What is the sequence of events? What are the substages?	SEQUENCING	Flow Map
What are the causes and effects of this event? What might happen next?	CAUSE AND EFFECT	Multi-Flow Map
What is the analog being used? What is the guiding metaphor?	SEEING ANALOGIES	Bridge Map

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