Thinking tools are the strategies or scaffolding through which students can access the curriculum. They are devices that have been developed specifically to improve children’s thinking by:
 
- Creating a visual focus on an issue that needs to be resolved
- Offering immediate feedback through seeing their ideas on paper
- Seeing the big picture
- Making new connections
- Analysing complex situations
- Developing new critical thinking skills
- Creating new ideas and products 
 
In this exciting new resource, Ralph Pirozzo offers teachers an introduction to the world of thinking tools, covering a range of devices for different tasks and guiding teachers as how to choose the most appropriate tool for each situation.