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Thinking Foundation

For an in-depth look at various research projects focused on Thinking Maps, visit the Thinking Foundation website at www.thinkingfoundation.org.

The Thinking Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting high quality academic and applied "action" research on cognitive and critical thinking skills development at the pre-school, K-12, and college levels. The foundation offers small to medium size grants to teachers, administrators, and independent researchers as well as schools, school systems, and organizations based on a criteria for advancing research for the purpose of significantly improving learning, teaching, leadership, and assessment practices in schools. Initial grant awards emphasized qualitative and quantitative research on Thinking Maps as a foundational language for thinking, learning, teaching, and leading across educational organizations.

The central focus of the foundation is to support research that is investigating and facilitating change in those public schools with the greatest academic need. The secondary focus is on facilitating research that looks at the interdependency and interplay of culture, language, and cognition through the use of Thinking Maps.


Other Resources

Thinking Maps: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Write...from the Beginning: Theoretical and Research Base
Thinking Maps and Write...from the Beginning Results Sample
Teaching for Excellence: Find Your Way with Thinking Maps
A Plan for Success: Using Thinking Maps to Improve Student Learning in Georgia
, SEDL Letter, Spring/Summer 2010