The phrase "articulating thoughts" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of expressing or communicating ideas clearly and effectively.
Example: "In order to improve our discussions, we should focus on articulating our thoughts more clearly."
Alternatives: "expressing ideas" or "communicating thoughts".
Indeed, a mainstream strategy in cognitive behavioral therapy involves purposefully articulating thoughts to oneself in order to diminish pernicious habits of mind.
That security allows me to let out my latent fears and anxieties, articulating thoughts that had been floating around my head in packets of vague badness.
Narrating and articulating thoughts and actions is a valuable part of the learning process for some children and for many adult learners.
Drifting on winds of agony between past and present, Quentin's articulated thoughts make "After the Fall" one of the most guilt-choked plays ever written.
The further down the ladder of deprivation the kids are, the more compelling their inability or unwillingness to articulate thoughts and feelings.
I was at university, and just starting to wake up, flex my limbs, articulate thoughts of my own and work out how to exist outside a family environment.
Therapy was targeted toward helping the patient articulate thoughts and feelings that weren't immediately at the surface of her consciousness, like, for example, her terror at the prospect of abandonment.
(Isherwood) ★ 'Sweet and Sad' (closes on Sunday) Richard Nelson's soul-stirring family portrait, set on Sept. 11 of this year, articulates thoughts that lurk in the back of everyone's head.
By setting children on a path of philosophical enquiry early in life, we could offer them irreplaceable gifts: an awareness of life's moral, aesthetic and political dimensions; the capacity to articulate thoughts clearly and evaluate them honestly; and the confidence to exercise independent judgement and self-correction.
Table 1 The basic elements of active learning and examples for related attitudes and realizations Basic element Central findings Interaction (In) Allow students to interact with peers and teachers to articulate thoughts and arguments, challenge alternative conceptions, meet mistakes head-on and correct them (Heller et al. 1992; Herrmann 2013; Knight 2004b; Smith et al. 2009; Springer et al. 1999).
Sarah R. Morrison observes that the film's version of Anne articulates thoughts that the character would never say in the novel.
