Visual Discovery in Five Easy Steps

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Agenda

• The TCI Approach

• Visual Discovery immersion

• The five easy steps

• Debrief and questions

The TCI Approach

• Theory-based Active Instruction

• Standards-based Content

• Preview Assignment

• Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies

• Considerate Text

• Graphically Organized Reading Notes

• Processing Assignment

• Assessments to Inform Instruction

Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies

• Visual Discovery

• Social Studies Skill Builder

• Experiential Exercise

• Writing for Understanding

• Response Group

• Problem Solving Groupwork

Look at the following image.

What do you remember about the image?

Most museum art is seen for only

30 seconds per piece—too little

time for true memory.

We must guide our students

through a careful step-by-step

process of self discovery if they

are to really see and remember

visual content.

Preview

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What are the five easy steps?

Visual Discovery: Step One

Arrange your classroom so projected images will be large and clear.

Lower el Upper el

Upper el and secondary

Visual Discovery: Step Two

Use a few powerful images to teach key social studies concepts.

Which of these images would be most effective to teach your students about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his efforts to help all people be treated equally?

A B

C D

Marvin Koner/Corbis

Bettmann/Corbis

Bettmann/Corbis

Flip Schulke/Corbis

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Flip Schulke/Corbis

Bettmann/Corbis

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Bettmann/Corbis

C

Marvin Koner/Corbis

D

Which of these images would be most effective to teach your students about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his efforts to help all people be treated equally?

A B

C D

Marvin Koner/Corbis

Bettmann/Corbis

Bettmann/Corbis

Flip Schulke/Corbis

Visual Discovery: Step Three

Use a “detective analogy” to create spiral questions that will help your students better analyze and interpret visuals.

Ask carefully sequenced questions that lead to discovery.

Ask students to find details or “evidence” that they can actually touch in the image.• What do you see in this image?• Describe the location.• What are the people carrying?

Level 1: Gathering Evidence

Visual Discovery: Five Steps to Implementation

Challenge students to make inferences about the evidence.

What do these people appear to be doing?

What do some of the slogans say?

Level 2: Interpreting Evidence

Challenge students to hypothesize about what is happening and why.

Considering the slogans, what can you tell about what these people hope to accomplish with their actions?

Level 3: Making Hypotheses from Evidence

Challenge students to read about the image and apply what they learn.

Visual Discovery: Step Four

Have students interact with the images to demonstrate what they have learned.

Visual Discovery: Step Five

Visual Discovery: Five Steps

1. Arrange your classroom so projected images will be large and clear.

2. Use a few powerful images to teach key social studies concepts.

3. Ask carefully sequenced questions that lead to discovery.

4. Challenge students to read about the image and apply what they learn.

5. Have students interact with the images to demonstrate what they have learned.

Wrap-up

1. What questions or concerns do you have about using Visual Discovery?

2. How would Visual Discovery help your students learn and remember key content?

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