“If you teach a person what to learn, you are preparing that

person for the past. If you teach a person HOW TO

LEARN, you are preparing for the future.” – Cyril Houle

Graphic Organizers

provides visual representations as a means of organizing & presenting information

Make visible the thinking of the students.Display relationships between pieces of

information, connect new learning to prior learning & generally organize information into amore useful form.

Bubble QuotesAllows the students to write their

feelings/ideas into a bubble quote

topic

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Chain of EventsAllows the steps in a chain of events to be

constructed in a logical fashion.

topic

First Step

Second Step

Third Step

FourthStep

Concept WebA set of linked bubbles of associated ideas.

Topic

Sub - TopicSub-topic

Sub - topic

Sub-topic

Flow ChartsShow a step by step flow of information.

Step 1 Decision Step 3Step 2

Step 4

PlayoffsA set of ideas or options from which an

ultimate choice is to be made.

Best Option

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

Concept WebA set of linked bubbles of associated ideas.

Venn Diagram

Illustrates the relationship between or among two or more sets of information, comparing similarities and differences.

Issues CircleWHAT IS IT?

Group Strategy to explore values conflicts of the issues by considering as many aspects of their responses as possible

HOW CAN I USE IT?

Students consider as many responses as possible.Students take it in turns to share their responses with others in the

group.

USEFUL FOR THE FOLLOWING STAGES OF LEARNING

* Practice and Application* Closure

Decision TreeWhat is it?

Small Group or individual exercise that uses pictorial presentation.

How can I use it?Students consider alternative ways forward in regard to a problem or question.

Represent the decisions in a line form as a tree.The trunk is the problem to be resolved and the branches form a

decision points.

Useful for the following Stages of Learning• Closure

Decision Tree

DECISION POINTS

The Problem

StarburstWhat is it?

A Strategy to generate different perspectives on a given topic.

How can I use it?For a defined set of perspectives, a star with that number is drawn or provided – 6 perspectives requires a 6 pointed stars.

Each point on the star provides a space for details relating to each perspective to be written.

Useful for the following stages of Learning

Activating Prior LearningSetting the ContextClosure

TOPIC

Star Burst

Star BurstA strategy to generate different perspective on a

topic.

Topic

Idea 1

Idea 2

Idea 3

Idea 4

Idea 5

Idea 6

Network TreeOrganizing a hierarchical set of information, reflecting superordinate or subordinate elements, is made easier by constructing a network.

Network Tree

Problem and Solution Map

Cause

Influence

Influence

Effect

Solution

Fishbone MapWhen cause-effect relationships are complex and non-redundant a Fishbone Map may be particularly useful.

Fishbone Map

DetailCause 1 Cause 3

Cause 2 Cause 4

Detail

Cycle

Useful for organizing information that is circular or cyclical, with no absolute beginning or ending.

Cycle1

4 2

3

KWL ChartA chart to ascertain what students KNOW

about a topic, what they WANT to know and what they have LEARNED about a topic.

What you KNOW?

What you WANT to know?

What have you LEARNED?

Effects Wheel (Aban, Garcia and Morocco 1992)

A strategy used to show the possible effects of a certain phenomenon or event in a continuum.

Event

First Order Effects

Second Order Effects

Third Order Effects

The Effects Wheel