Note from the Editor
As a VTS Trainer working with classroom teachers, one of the questions I frequently encounter is how to leverage the ...
Category: Site Specific
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Practice and Compassion
How can we achieve a feeling of connectedness when many of us cannot be physically close to our students?
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Online Image Discussions
How do we hold Visual Thinking Strategies image discussions online?
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The Words We Use
Language is not something we acquire; rather it is something we participate in. As such, we do not ever really learn a ...
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About Language
How do we as teachers both support language development and deconstruct the structures of language that erase histories?
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Creating a Shared Language: English Learners and Bilingual VTS
VTS is about making meaning through group discussion, but what happens when the participants do not share a common language?
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The Practice of Adapting VTS
We know the skills that VTS fosters—critical thinking, careful observation, generating inferences, and revising ...
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When the “Picture” Is Not a Picture: Opening a Discussion
There is an art to crafting new VTS experiences. For instance, how can VTS work with a live animal?
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VTS at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
A T. rex skeleton may not have narrative, but the parallels between scientific observation and VTS are strong