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By mgf91280

Hi! I imagine that the strategies would work for some multiple choice questions as well, as long as there were some key words in the question. I found a hand-out from one of the trainings, and it has "Key Words for Thinking".
The goal is to teach kids to look for these words in a multiple choice/short response question in order to identify the correct thought process and thinking map to accompany it.

Key Words:

Circle Map -- "List, define, tell everything that you know, identify, brainstorm, relate prior knowledge, describe, explore"

Bubble Map -- "describe, observe, use vivid

language, use the 5 senses"

Double Bubble Map -- "Compare/Contrast, discuss, similarities, differences, distinguish between, differentiate"

Tree Map -- "Classify, sort, group, categorize, give sufficient details, discuss strategies"

Brace Map - "Parts of, take apart, show structure"

Flow Map - "Sequence, put in order, order, recount, retell, what happens next, cycles, patterns, describe processes, describe change, solve multi-step problems"

Multi-Flow Map - "Cause and effect, discuss consequences, what would happen if..., predict, describe change, identify motives, discuss strategies"

Bridge Map - "identify the relationship, guess the rule, interpret symbols"