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Visual Tools for Transforming Information Into Knowledge by Costa, Arthur L.;Hyerle, David;Marzano, Robert J is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Visual Tools for Transforming Information Into Knowledge about?

Describes a variety of visual tools, such as brainstorming webs, graphic organizers, conceptual mapping, and thinking maps, that help students develop and improve critical thinking and study skills, creativity, and comprehension; and offers advice on using them in the classroom. Includes examples.;Foreword / Robert J. Marzano -- Prologue / Arthur L. Costa -- Summary definition of visual tools -- Introduction: transforming static information into active knowledge -- Blind insights -- Right now: jumping the achievement gap for all children -- Overview of the book -- 1. The mapping metaphor. Cognitive dissonance in representation systems ; The elephant in the room ; The mapping metaphor: terra incognita ; Mapping the brain ; Visual tools for map making ; The foundation of the mapping metaphor: seeing -- 2. Facilitating the networking brain and the patterning mind. Nonlinguistic and linguistic representations ; Research studies on graphic organizers ; Reading comprehension and reading first research ; Mapping living systems ; The brain is a pattern detector ; The visual brain ; The mind organizes into schematic patterns ; Multiple intelligences as active patterns ; Habits of mind -- 3.

Who reads Visual Tools for Transforming Information Into Knowledge?

Author

Costa, Arthur L.;Hyerle, David;Marzano, Robert J

Publisher

SAGE Publications;Corwin Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781412924276

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, School Education & Teaching

Updated

2026-03-24