graphic organizer as thinking technology
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS AS THINKING TECHNOLOGY
Graphic Organizers - are communication tools that uses visual symbols to express knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas, and the relationship between them.
Learning to think is an essential skill needed in education today. When students interact with content, it is important that they actively construct meaning.
Literature supports the use of organizers to facilitate and improve learning outcomes for a wide range of learners. Graphic organizers appear to be a value approach to utilize in teaching and learning.
Graphic organizers are visual representation of knowledge that structures the information by arranging important aspects of a concept or topic in to pattern using labels.
- Bromley, DeVitis and Modlo (1999)Serve as mental tools to help students understand and retain important information and relationships.
- Vygotsky (1962)
Qualities of Graphic Organizers:
• Unlike many tools that have just one purpose, graphic organizers are flexible and endless in application
• They show the order and completeness of a student’s thought process
• Many graphic organizers show different aspects of an issue or problem in close and also the big picture
• Many graphic organizers use short words or phrases
Graphic Organize
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Help students sequence
informationHelp students organize their thoughts in a logical way
Help students organize
information visually
Help students develop analysis skills to be able
to formulate plans or
processes
Help students evaluate
criteria for decision making
Help students
analyze and prioritize
information
Help students
determine cause-effect
relations
Help students
cluster and brainstorm ideas and
information
Uses of Graphic Organizers
Fishbone Map is used to show the interaction of a complex event or interrelation of ideas and topics
Spider Map is used to describe a central idea: a thing, process, concept, or proposition with support.
T-chart is used to analyze and differences between two things by placing individual characteristics in either the left or right sections.
Venn Diagram is used to analyze similarities and differences between two things, events , people, places or ideas.
Compare and Contrast Matrix is used to show similarities and differences two things.
Evaluating is used to show positive, negative, and interesting attributes of a subject, concept, topic, solution in order to determine the nature of the outcome and whether it will worth continuing or not.
Continuum Scale is used for time lines showing historical events or ages, degrees of something, shades of meaning or rating scales.
Ranking is used when prioritizing elements from most important to least important; relative position or standing, a series of things or persons; or an orderly arrangement.
Cycle is used to show how a series of events interact to produce a set of results again and again.
Bridging Snapshots is used to see changes over time, reveal the sequence of step-by-step methods, illustrate complex processes and show cause and effect.
KWLH help students activate prior knowledge.
Synectics provides an approach to creative thinking that depends on looking at, what appears on surface as, unrelated phenomenon and drawing relevant connections.
Network Tree is used to show casual information or hierarchy or branching procedures.
Cerebral Charts use hierarchies, yet tend to be more free from in the beginning.
Web is used list facts, definitions, attributes, or examples related to a single topic, concept, or theme.
Hypothesize Graphic OrganizersHypothesize is to form the
hypothesis or to assume by hypothesis.
Hypothesis is a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena.
Hypothesis Graphic Organizers
Hypothesis Matrix allows students to identify the three basic components of
most hypotheses.
Problem/Solution Outline is used to show the problem solving process by defining the components of the problem and attempted solutions.
Effective for organizing events in terms of action and reaction.
How to use Graphic Organizers Choose one type of organizer to
introduce to the class. Introduce the concept of a graphic
organizer. Present the chosen graphic organizer
to the class. Model using the graphic organizer to
the class. Guide the class through another
example using the same type of graphic organizer.
Assign an independent exercise that allows students to complete a graphic organizer on their own.
How to Read Graphic Organizers
Start in the center or at the top
Look for arrows
Determine the organizational structure
Consider relationship
Benefits in using graphic organizers
Teachers : Make lesson interactive Help visual learners to acquire
information easily Assess what students know
Students: Understand concepts from part to
whole Improve memory Record relationships
Familiarize yourself with different types of graphic organizers
Explain what and why they are useful
Use in individual, paired and group activities
See effectiveness in the use of graphic organizers
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