Thinking Tools
The following are teaching and learning strategies that students at MBS will be encouraged to utilise in inquiry learning.
 
De Bonos Thinking Hats: these are tools that can be given to students to gain a different perspectives and approach problem solving in a variety of ways.

The focus for each hat is: 
Red – feelings and emotions (How do I feel about this?)

White – facts and emotions (What do we know?)

Green – imagination, think of all possibilities (How can we work this out)

Black – the negatives (What is wrong with it?)

Yellow- the positive, rose tinted glasses (How will it help us?)

Blue- the big picture, summing up (What can we do next?)

Thinkers Keys: these are tools that can be given to students to promote different thinking including;

Alphabet Key         
Disadvantages Key
Reverse Key      
What if… key
BAR(bigger, Add, Replace) Key                  
Construction key
Picture key            
Question Key

Graphic Organisers: These are tools which promote a range of ways to organise thinking and information including;

Concept Mapping              
Venn Diagrams
Fishbone                             
Simple Webbing
The Matrix                        
Flow Charts
Mind Maps                
Timelines
Consequence Wheel

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy: These tools promote higher order thinking including;

 Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluating, Creating.