This page is to support students' review and understanding of David Hyerle's book by this title. It provides an outline and general comments. The brain works by making patterns. We are capable of visualizing this process with schema. Based on the ideas of Jerome Bruner concerning what makes us human 1.
Visual tools are forms of metacognition.
The archives of the mind are limited and the amount of information is increasing, students will need to learn strategies of harvesting, storing, cataloging, retrieving, interpreting, and communicating vast amounts of information among locations beyond the brain. However, we also have a passion for doubting the status quo, thereby sensing ambiguities and detecting anomalies. Humans also are compelled to propose alternative ways to solve problems and answer questions. Processing data, looking for sequence, alternative routes or pathways is one of the highest forms of learning and a strong base for curriculum change. Visual tools furnish ways for humans to share ideas.