Use a Graphic Organizer to Teach Critical Thinking Skills

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Use a Graphic Organizer to Teach Critical
Thinking Skills

• Gail Corder
• Technology Coordinator
• Trinity Valley School
• Fort Worth, Texas

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Why Graphic Organizers?

• Helps students understand relationships between
  concepts
• Gives students ownership of the information
• Allows students to create a visual representation
  of the concepts

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Uses Throughout the Curriculum

• Can be used in every discipline
• Recommend grade levels 3 12
• Useful for professional and personal planning

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English/Language Arts
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Science
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Social Studies
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Mathematics
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Foreign Language
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Music and Art
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Music Teacher, Lorraine Cich (Thomas Jefferson
School)
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Research and Planning
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Outlining
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Assessment
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Best Uses

• In the hands of the students
• Stress relationships between concepts
• Ask good questions

• Analyze
• Classify
• Compare
• Diagnose
• Plan

• Reorganize
• Predict
• Rank
• Justify
• Evaluate

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Resources
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My Graphic Organizer Site
http//faculty.trinityvalleyschool.org/corderg/go

• Graphic Organizer Software
• Software for purchase
• Free software
• Software alternatives
• Lesson Plans
• Printable graphic organizers
• Sample Concept maps
• Assessment