The Visual Thinking Strategy curriculum consists of three questions

Once you have a group of students gathered around an image you one the discussion by asking:

What's going on in this picture?

If the student needs to elaborate to make their statement more clear ask:
What makes you say that?

If the conversation comes to a halt you may ask:
What else can we find?


As the discussion is taking place the facilitator must... 

Paraphrase each student's observation.
Point at what they are observing.
Make connections between the student's observations.

Co-Creator, Phillip Yenawine Demonstrates VTS