Visual+Thinking+Strategies

=What is VTS?=
 * Visual Thinking Strategies What is it? **
 * Visual Thinking Strategies ( VTS ), is a curriculum and teaching method that**
 * Asks educators to facilitate learner-centered discussions of visual art
 * Engages learners in a rigorous process of examination and meaning-making through visual art
 * Uses art to develop critical thinking, communication and visual literacy skills
 * Measurably increases observation skills, evidential reasoning, and speculative abilities
 * Engenders the willingness and ability to find multiple solutions to complex problems
 * Uses facilitated discussion to enable students to practice respectful, democratic, collaborative problem solving skills that over time transfer to other classroom interactions, and beyond
 * Uses eager, thoughtful participation to nurture verbal language skills, and writing assignments to assist transfer from oral to written ability
 * Produces growth in all students, from challenged and non-English language learners to high achievers
 * Underscore connections to art and strengthens the role of museums as a valuable resource in students’ lives

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