Graphic Organizers

1
Graphic Organizers
2
Graphic Organizers

• Purpose Scaffolds student thinking, activates
  prior knowledge, serves as an advanced organizer,
  and provides rich assessment data.
• Skills That Can Be Built Comparison, contrast,
  classification, synthesis, evaluation.
• Click here for additional Information

3
What is a Graphic Organizer?

• A visual that represents the relationships of
  ideas or information from some source using words
  or abstract symbols

K W L
4
Graphic organizers help people

• focus on important points
• organize information in a coherent manner
• see relationships of concepts and elements
• understand the big picture

5
Graphic organizers can be used for

• Information generation
• creating or presenting lessons
• brainstorming
• Information acquisition
• reviewing topics
• Knowledge assessment
• formative and summative evaluation

6
Types of graphic organizers

• Concept maps
• Venn diagrams
• K-W-L charts
• Webs (spiders)

7
Applications

• Use graphic organizers
• Before a lesson or topic to orient the class
  (activate prior knowledge etc).
• During teacher modeling or explanation.
• Any time, to check understanding of material.
• After a teacher explanation, demonstration etc,
  to enable students to cognitively process the
  material.
• to break up a long period of sustained activity.
• Whenever it is helpful to share ideas.

8
Variations/Accommodations

• Allow students to choose among different graphic
  organizers when more than one will accomplish the
  same learning goal