Thinking Out Loud
You probably don’t give yourself enough credit for all the thinking you do in a day. You may even think a lot of what you know and do is “common sense”. Students can’t see all your thoughts, revisions, and detours that can happen in a blink of an eye. In fact, you might not even realize they are happening. By “thinking out loud” you will make your reasoning more explicit and will help the student to understand your thinking. Thinking Out Loud: Level 1 Explicitly talk through your thought process. Think of this as the "director's commentary" bonus DVD. It's one thing to see the movie (or observe the session) but by having a "what the director was thinking" bonus gives students insight into the decisions that were made. - “With yesterday’s client we used the _____assessment, but I don’t think that will work with the woman we’re seeing today because of _____. That’s why I’ve decided to use ____ as it will be better suited to her.” - “My first...