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GRAPHIC/ADVANCE ORGANIZERS by: April Rose S. Figueras

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GRAPHIC/ADVANCEORGANIZERS

by:April Rose S. Figueras

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A visual/pictorial way of constructing knowledge and organizing information in facilitating learning and instruction.

Visual formats are appealing for many types of audiences and can provoke interest for users than texts formats.

What is a graphic/advance organizer?

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"Graphic organizers are tools that help your

brain think." Kylene Beers

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Ausubel’s Meaningful Verbal Learning/Subsumption Learning Theory says that knowledge is hierarchically organized – new information is meaningful to the extent that it can be related (attached, andchored) to what is already known.

Garner’s Theory of Mulitiple Intelligence posits that students are better able to learn and internalize information when more than one learning modality is employed in an instructional strategy.

Related to the constructivist approach and concept teaching

Less is more-depth is more.

Philosophies and Proponents:

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Graphic/Advance

organizers

Visual/pictorial presentation of concepts and

knowledge

Facilitates teaching and learning

processes (based on researches)

Applicable to all level of education

and across curriculum areas

Show positive outcomes which go

beyond comprehension and reading (based on

reaserch)

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Graphic organizers

constructivist

interactive

innovative

integrativecollaborative

Inquiry based

varied experimental

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Concept mapping – visual representation of the relationship between ideas.

Webbing – students will see how their central idea is linked to supporting details.

Mind mapping – visual representation of hierarchical information.

Most common visual learning strategies:

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Before instruction – teacher must give concise direction of what to do using a graphic organizer

During instruction – students are in the process of constructing ideas, concepts and knowledge.

After instruction – can be used by teachers to assess and evaluate the learner’s level of knowledge about the lesson.

When can graphic organizers be used?

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Teacher does it – teacher constructs the graphic organizer, provides students a copy, and uses it when teaching the content.

Class does it – teacher and students co-construct graphic organizers depicting important ideas as the content is explored.

Groups do it – teams of students construct graphic organizers via cooperative learning and the teacher acts as a guide-on-the-side.

Individuals do it – students independently construct graphic organizers.

Four Stages for Enabling Students to Construct Graphic Organizers

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Organizing patternsOrganizational

outline

Idea web

cyclical

Overlapping concepts

Cause-effect

timeline

Venn diagram

Reading comprehension

KWL chart

Author tools

What’s the main idea?

Story Elements: Character

Analysis and Setting

Character sheet and traits list

Character comparison on

sheet

Setting stage

Setting comparison

Types:

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Advantages of graphic organizers to teachers:

A quick reference

when presenting

lessons

Used to structure

lesson notes in a way that

make sense to students

Helps in assessing

your students

understanding of what they are reading

observe their

thinking process on what you read as a class, as a group, or

independently

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Advantages of graphic organizers to students:

Helps you to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming.

Increases your understanding about the topic

help students construct meaning

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grade level

point of implementation

instructional context

ease of implementation

Factors Influencing Effectiveness

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have been applied across a range of curriculum subject areas such as studied application, science, social studies, language arts, and math

Operations such as mapping cause and effect, note taking, comparing and contrasting concepts, organizing problems and solutions, and relating information to main ideas or themes can be beneficial to many subject areas. The observed benefits in these subject areas go beyond those known to occur in reading comprehension (Bulgren, Schumaker, & Deshler, 1988; Darch, Carnine, & Kammenui, 1986; Herl, O'Neil, Chung, & Schacter, 1999;

Willerman & Mac Harg, 1991).

Applications Across Curriculum Areas

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Without teacher instruction on how to use them, graphic organizers may not be effective learning tools (Carnes et al. 1987; Clements-Davis & Ley, 1991).

Graphic organizers can successfully improve learning when there is a substantive instructional context such as explicit instruction incorporating teacher modeling (Boyle & Weishaar, 1997; Gardill & Jitendra, 1999; Idol & Croll, 1987; Willerman & Mac Harg, 1991) and independent practice with feedback (Boyle & Weishaar, 1997; Gardill & Jitendra, 1999; Idol & Croll, 1987), strategy instruction (Anderson-Inman et al., 1996; Boyle & Weishaar, 1997; Darch et al., 1986; Scanlon, Deshler, & Schumaker, 1996), story mapping (Gardill & Jitendra, 1999; Idol & Croll, 1987), semantic mapping (Gallego et al., 1989), and concept teaching routines (Bulgren et al., 1988).

Most successful interventions minimally include a teacher introduction describing the purpose of the graphic organizer and setting the reading purpose.

Instructional Context

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can be successfully implemented at several phases of the instructional cycle

Positive outcomes were reported with the use of graphic organizers

Point of Implementation

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Visualize the general concept and break it down into manageable, specific ideas.

Analyze the correlation between two ideas or themes. Structure their writing projects better and make the entire

process easier. Communicate their ideas. Visually represent their thinking process. Explore all possible options by brainstorming. Determine the validity, relevance, and correlation of evidence. Enhance understanding when reading and writing. Easily identify the main elements of a composition. Evaluate cause and effect. Compare and contrast ideas. Implement problem solving skills Enhance organizational skills Expand their vocabulary. Recognize sequences, hierarchies, and patterns.

Advantages to the Students:

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When students use graphic organizers, the teacher has a better understanding of the student’s level of understanding. This makes it easy to offer suggestions and point out areas of improvement.

Teachers can also use a completed advance organizer as a quick reference when presenting the lesson. This method provides a reminder of the lesson for the students, as they review notes later.

Teachers can use advance organizers to structure their lesson notes in a way that makes sense to the students. This way the teacher knows how the student’s notes should look, as well.

Advantages to the Teachers:

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