1. "Graphic organizers can be used throughout the curriculum to help students understand the relationships between ideas. Because they are tools for categorizing and storing information, visual displays can be useful in helping students understand complex information."
I selected this quote because I think it really summaries the importance of allowing students to use graphic organizers. It is very important to get students to visually represent what they know for the teacher so that the teacher will know what needs to be reinforced or retaught.
2. Is using a graphic organizer as a way of assessment really effective? I believe that students will just memorize information to fill in a graphic organizer instead of trying to study and retain the information.
3. I use graphic organizer to study for all my exams. I think they help me to gain a better understanding of the content that I need to learn. Writing an outlines allows me to put words from books or power points into my own words and I get to think about the information before I write it down.
For example, while studying for my math exam for Dr. Larman, I used two different types of graphic organizers which allowed me to write down my notes in two different ways thus, helping me to retain the information.
Really like the organized format of your post, Chiatne. Question for you though--in you #1 you talk about them being an imp way for teachers to know what to reinforce (so, an assessment), but then in your #2 you ask are they really effective. I'm confused about your stance. I do agree that if we just get them to fill in the blank, it'll be of no use. But I don't use them that way. We create them for ourselves. :) Like the math connection w Dr Larman, and glad they help you.
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