Book Info
- Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions byCall Number: BF 241 .G683 2022ISBN: 9780593418369Publication Date: 2022
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Our description: [Thinking about thinking in pictures and the strengths and adaptations that may be needed to encourage thriving.]
Reading Circle Resources
Proposed Reading Timeline--
Week 1-- Introduction (pp. 1-7, 7 pages; audiobook--16:46 minutes ), Chapter 1: What is Visual Thinking? (pp. 9-47, 38 pages; audio 1:48:41), & *Visual-Spatial Identifier Checklist (page 19)
Week 2-- Chapter 2: Screened Out (pp. 49-83, 34 pages; audio 1:36:49) & Chapter 3: Where Are All the Clever Engineers? (pp. 85-119, 34 pages; audio 1:37:20)
Week 3-- Chapter 4: Complementary Minds (pp. 122-153, 31 pages; audio 1:27:45) & Chapter 5: Genius and Neurodiversity (pp. 155-191, 36 pages; 1:43:47)
Week 4-- Chapter 6: Visualizing Risk to Prevent Disasters (pp. 193-235, 42 pages; audio 2:05:19)
Week 5-- Chapter 7: Animal Consciousness and Visual Thinking (pp. 237-274, 37 pages; audio 1:45:07) & Afterward (pp. 275-277, 3 pages; audio 6:51)
- Dr. Linda Silverman's Visual-Spatial Identifier [PDF]
PDF contains Visual-Spatial Identifier quiz, information about Visual-Spatial vs. Auditory-Sequential Learners, "The Visual-Spatial Learner: An Introduction" by Dr. Silverman, The Visual-Spatial Self-Report quiz, the following articles by Dr. Silverman: "Why All Students Need Visual-Spatial Methods," "Effective Techniques for Teaching Visual-Spatial Learners," "Teaching Mathematics to Non-Sequential Learners," the article "Teaching Reading to Visual-Spatial Learners" by master teacher Alexandra Shires Golon, and the article "A Visualization Approach to Spelling" and checklist "How to Turn on the Right Hemisphere" by Dr. Silverman. Reproduced with permission from the text.
- Visual-Spatial Identifier Quiz (via Forms)A Forms quiz version of the Visual-Spatial identifier quiz. Participants should click View Results and save a copy of the quiz to retain results.