Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a research-based teaching method that improves critical thinking and language skills through discussions of visual images. VTS encourages participation and self-confidence, especially among students who struggle. VTS is easy to learn and offers a proven strategy for educators to meet current learning objectives.
The skills required for success in higher education and 21st-century jobs require different approaches to teaching. Our professional development programs provide educators with the teaching and learning strategies they need to increase academic achievement.
Building on children's innate capacity to make sense of what they see, VTS enables students and teachers to examine and talk about unfamiliar subjects with rigor and excitement.
Watch VTS in Action
with Kindergartners
with First Graders
with Fourth Graders
with Teachers