Sketching+to+Learn


 * Sketching to Learn**

Sketching to learn is a strategy whereby students visually represent the ideas they hear, read, or think about in pictorial/graphic form during or immediately following a presentation. Sketching to learn is used as a form of note making during story reading or reading of informational texts. It is often used to help students follow a listening, viewing, or reading experience in order to process new and complex ideas or concepts.
 * Description**

The teacher:
 * Method**
 * models and demonstrates sketching during a reading or listening activity;
 * invites students to extend the sketches and thereby extend the ideas;
 * arranges for students to share/explain their sketches in pairs or small groups;
 * helps students relate back to the main ideas/information meaning portrayed.

Sketching to learn:
 * Considerations**
 * is unique to the individual student;
 * uses a diverse range of forms, formats, and symbols;
 * emphasizes meaning, interpretation, and processing rather than artistic technique;
 * offers opportunities to students who need to discuss the ideas and share meanings;
 * does not come easily to some students who may have difficulty representing ideas visually.


 * Illustrations From The Mathematics Classroom**

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 * Elementary**

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 * Secondary**