Thinking Hats

This strategy is used for collaborative problem solving.
methods:
1.assign groups of 5 students
2. withing each group, ask students to each consider a different perspective to a problem. In other words wear a "different hat."
1. describes what is known about the problem
2. gives feelings about the problem
3. tells what is not known about problem
4. thinks of any associations or images
5. lists ideas not related to the problem ( ie non-examples)