Description Graphic Organizer: use visual representations to express

and organize information. This tool can be implemented

throughout all content in a variety of ways.

Ideas for - Graphic organizers

Implementation - Cognitive mapping
- Semantic mapping
- Visual display
- Use of GO’s for studying, re-teaching
- Teachers must explicitly teach how to use graphic
organizers: modeling, corrective feedback
- Combination of graphic organizers can help educators
make the learning process more effective for students.
- Digital or paper copies
- Introduce a topic, build & brainstorm background
knowledge, organize & summarize information

Dexter, D. D., & Hughes, C. A. (2011). Graphic Organizers and Students with Learning

Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis. Learning Disability Quarterly, 34(1), 51–72.

https://doi.org/10.1177/073194871103400104