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Visual Thinking Strategies and the Common Core
State Standards

• Cara Goger
• M A R I P O S A C O U N T Y A R T S C O U N
  C I L
• info_at_arts-mariposa.org

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What is going on in this photograph?
Larry Fink
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Visual Thinking Strategies

• Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a
  student-centered curriculum in which the student
  examines and discusses works of art, prompted by
  questions selected to support careful,
  evidentiary looking.
• VTS questions are
• 1. What is going on in this picture?
• 2. What do you see that makes you say that?
• 3. What more can we find?

Imogen Cunningham
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Visual Thinking Strategies

• 3 Facilitation Techniques
• Paraphrase comments neutrally
• Point at the area being discussed
• Linking and framing student comments

Jerry Uelsmann
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Visual Thinking Strategies

• Students are asked to
• Look carefully at works of art
• Talk about what they observe
• Back up their ideas with evidence
• Listen to and consider the views of others
• Discuss many possible interpretations

Danny Lyons
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Visual Thinking Strategies and the Common Core
State Standards

• One of the major shifts in the Common Core State
  Standards for English Language Arts demands that
  students "produce and use evidence in a text to
  justify their views" (Santos, Darling-Hammond
  Cheuk, 2012).
• By using the VTS method on a regular basis,
  teachers can develop evidence-based reasoning
  habits in their students.

Alexander Rodchenko
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Visual Thinking Strategies and CCSS ELA Anchor
Standards

• Reading
• Anchor Standard 7 Integrate and evaluate content
  presented in diverse media and formats, including
  visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
• Anchor Standard 6 Assess how point of view or
  purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Sebastiao Selgado
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Visual Thinking Strategies and CCSS ELA Anchor
Standards
Elliott Erwitt

• Writing
• Anchor Standard 1 Write arguments to support
  claims in an analysis of substantive topics or
  text, using valid reasoning and relevant and
  sufficient evidence.

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Visual Thinking Strategies and CCSS ELA Anchor
Standards

• Speaking and Listening
• Anchor Standard 1 Prepare for and participate
  effectively in a range of conversations and
  collaborations with diverse partners, building on
  others ideas and expressing their own clearly
  and persuasively.
• Anchor Standard 2 Integrate and evaluate
  information presented in diverse media and
  formats, including visually, quantitatively, and
  orally.
• Anchor Standard 3 Evaluate a speakers point of
  view, reasoning, and use of evidence and
  rhetoric.
• Anchor Standard 4 Present information, findings,
  and supporting evidence such that listeners can
  follow the line of reasoning and the
  organization, development, and style are
  appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Phillipe Halsman
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Visual Thinking Strategies and CCSS ELA Anchor
Standards

• Language Standards
• Anchor Standard 5 Demonstrate understanding of
  word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

Alex Webb
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Visual Thinking Strategies and English Language
Learners

• The CCSS guidelines for working with English
  Language Learners explicitly states that teachers
  should
• Provide opportunities for ELLs to interact with
  proficient English speakers
• Provide opportunities for classroom interactions
  (both listening and speaking) that develop
  concepts and academic language in the
  disciplines.
• Provide opportunities for ELLs to build on their
  strengths, prior experiences, and background
  knowledge.

Harold Eugene Edgerton
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SOURCES Coleman and Goldenburg. (2012) The
Common Core Challenge for English Language
Learners. Principle Leadership (pp.
46-51). DeSantis and Housen. (2007) Aesthetic
Development and Creative and Critical Thinking
Skills Study. Visual Understanding in
English. Housen. (2001-2001) Aesthetic Thought,
Critical Thinking and Transfer. Arts and Learning
Research Journal, Vol. 18, No.1 (pp.
99-132) Housen. (1999) Eye of the Beholder
Research, Theory and Practice. Presented at the
conference of Aesthetic and Art Education a
Transdisciplinary Approach. Lisbon,
Portugal Santos, Darling-Hammond, Cheuk. (2012)
Teacher Development to Support English Language
Learners in the Context of Common Core State
Standards. Understanding Language Language,
Literacy, and Learning in the Content
Areas. Thinking Through Art Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum School Partnership Program Summary
Final Research Results (2007). Institute for
Learning Innovation, Annapolis,
MD RESOURCES Visual Understanding in Education
(VTS) webpage www.vue.org Understanding
Language Language, Literacy, and Learning in
the Content Area Stanford University http//ell.
stanford.edu