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Graphic Organizers

Graphic Organizers. Katie Cherry EDLF 345 1 April 2007. What is a graphic organizer?. A graphic organizer is defined as “a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and/or ideas within a learning task” (Hall & Strangman)

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Graphic Organizers

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  1. Graphic Organizers Katie Cherry EDLF 345 1 April 2007

  2. What is a graphic organizer? • A graphic organizer is defined as “a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and/or ideas within a learning task” (Hall & Strangman) • They are also known by such terms as concept maps, cognitive organizers, and story maps

  3. What do graphic organizers look like? • Graphic organizers can be used to depict different types of relationships, such as hierarchical relationships, cause-and-effect relationships, comparisons and contrasts, and series of events • Some examples of graphic organizers are Venn diagrams, spider maps, and compare-and-contrast matrices

  4. How should graphic organizers be used during instruction? • Research has shown that when paired with effective, explicit instruction, graphic organizers are useful tools for student learning • They can be effective when used at many points in instruction, but they are most beneficial for students when utilized as an enrichment activity after a lesson rather than as an introductory tool prior to a lesson

  5. How are graphic organizers useful? • Graphic organizers evoke reflection on the nature of relationships between concepts by presenting information in an alternate format • They are most widely used in reading activities • The important comprehension they foster regarding relationships between concepts (such as cause and effect, comparisons, and main idea or theme synthesis) can be applied to other subject areas; for that reason they are often also used in science, math, social studies, and language arts

  6. How do we know graphic organizers are useful? • A number of studies have been conducted, beginning in the 1980s, testing the effectiveness of different types of graphic organizers in classrooms • They have proven effective in aiding comprehension, as exhibited through various assessments such as the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test and a concept acquisition test • They have proven almost twice as effective for aiding vocabulary knowledge • Despite some shortcomings in research including poor experimental design and inadequate background research, they have on the whole proven graphic organizers to be useful

  7. Thanks to: All information was found online at http://people.virginia.edu/~dds4s/GraphicOrganizers/Graphic_Organizers.pdf, which is a scholarly work entitled “Graphic Organizers” that was prepared by Tracey Hall and Nicole Strangman for the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum, in March 2002.

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