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Foldables ™: Interactive 3-D Organizers for Middle School/High School. Darlene M. Wheaton, M.Ed. Northwest Tri-County IU 5. FOLDABLES ™ are :. Interactive graphic organizers Student-constructed visual displays used to organize information Engage students in active learning
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Foldables™: Interactive 3-D Organizersfor Middle School/High School Darlene M. Wheaton, M.Ed. Northwest Tri-County IU 5
FOLDABLES™are: • Interactive graphic organizers • Student-constructed visual displays used to organize information • Engage students in active learning • Creates student-ownership • Ideal tools for diverse learners • Assist in linking new information to prior knowledge
FOLDABLES™are: • Focused on research-based skills • Marzano research • Non-linguistic representations have strong effects on student achievement • Explicitly engaging students in the creation of nonlinguistic representations • Stimulates and increases activity in the brain
FOLDABLES™are: • Embedded in or integral to each of the nine strategies: • Identifying similarities and differences • Summarizing and note taking • Reinforcing effort and providing recognition • Homework and practice • Nonlinguistic representations • Cooperative learning • Setting objectives and providing feedback • Generating and testing hypotheses • Cues, questions, and advance organizers
FOLDABLES™are: • Instructional/learning tool • Hands-on • Flexible • Endless in application • Show order and completeness of student’s thought process • Strengths and weaknesses of student understanding become clearly evident to the teacher • English Language Learners • Short words or phrases
FOLDABLES™are: • Used: • To introduce the learning task • As advance organizer before the learning task • As a post organizer • As student-made study guides
Used To incorporate skills Comparing and contrasting Cause and effect Similarities and differences Vocabulary Concepts Generalizations Ideas Theories To incorporate skills Graphics Tables Charts Diagrams Models Venn diagrams Journals Alternative assessment FOLDABLES™are:
FOLDABLES™ are for • Differentiating Instruction • Core Instruction • Extended Learning • Alternative form of assessment
FOLDABLES™ are for everyone: • IEP to GIEP students • All levels: K – 12 • All Areas: Academics - Specials
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