GRAPHIC/ADVANCE

ORGANIZERS
What is a graphic/advance organizer?

A visual/pictorial way of constructing knowledge and

organizing information in facilitating learning and instruction.

Visual formats are appealing for many types of audiences and

can provoke interest for users than texts formats.
"Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain
think."
Kylene Beers
 Video Lesson

How to use Graphi

c organizers?
 Philosophies and Proponents:
 Ausubel’s Meaningful Verbal Learning/Subsumption
Learning Theory says that knowledge is
hierarchically organized – new information is
meaningful to the extent that it can be related
(attached, andchored) to what is already known.
 Garner’s Theory of Mulitiple Intelligence posits that
students are better able to learn and internalize
information when more than one learning modality
is employed in an instructional strategy.
 Related to the constructivist approach and concept
teaching
 Less is more-depth is more.
 Visual/pictorial
presentation of
concepts and
knowledge

Graphic/
Advance Facilitates teaching and
organizers learning processes
(based on researches)

Applicable to all level of

education and across
curriculum areas

Show positive outcomes

which go beyond
comprehension and
reading (based on
reaserch)
 interactive

constructivist innovative

varied Graphic experimental

organizers

collaborative integrative

Inquiry
based
 Most common visual learning
strategies:

Concept mapping – visual representation of the

relationship between ideas.

Webbing – students will see how their central

idea is linked to supporting details.

Mind mapping – visual representation of

hierarchical information.
 When can graphic organizers be
used?
 Before instruction – teacher must give concise
direction of what to do using a graphic organizer
 During instruction – students are in the process of
constructing ideas, concepts and knowledge.
 After instruction – can be used by teachers to assess
and evaluate the learner’s level of knowledge about
the lesson.
 Four Stages for Enabling Students to Construct Graphic
Organizers

 Teacher does it – teacher constructs the graphic

organizer, provides students a copy, and uses it when
teaching the content.
 Class does it – teacher and students co-construct
graphic organizers depicting important ideas as the
content is explored.
 Groups do it – teams of students construct graphic
organizers via cooperative learning and the teacher
acts as a guide-on-the-side.
 Individuals do it – students independently construct
graphic organizers.
 Types:

Organizing Reading Story Elements:

Character Analysis
patterns comprehension
and Setting

Organizational outline Character sheet and

KWL chart traits list
Idea web

cyclical Character comparison

on sheet
Overlapping concepts Author tools

Cause-effect Setting stage

timeline
What’s the main idea?
Setting comparison
Venn diagram
Advantages of graphic organizers to
teachers:

observe their
Used to Helps in
A quick thinking
structure assessing your
reference process on
lesson notes students
when what you read
in a way that understanding
presenting as a class, as a
make sense to of what they
lessons group, or
students are reading
independently
Advantages of graphic organizers to
students:
Helps you to structure writing projects, to help
in problem solving, decision making, studying,
planning research and brainstorming.

Increases your understanding about the topic

help students construct meaning

 Advantages to the Students:
 Visualize the general concept and break it down into manageable,
specific ideas.
 Analyze the correlation between two ideas or themes.
 Structure their writing projects better and make the entire process
easier.
 Communicate their ideas.
 Visually represent their thinking process.
 Explore all possible options by brainstorming.
 Determine the validity, relevance, and correlation of evidence.
 Enhance understanding when reading and writing.
 Easily identify the main elements of a composition.
 Evaluate cause and effect.
 Compare and contrast ideas.
 Implement problem solving skills
 Enhance organizational skills
 Expand their vocabulary.
 Recognize sequences, hierarchies, and patterns.
 Advantages to the Teachers:

 When students use graphic organizers, the teacher

has a better understanding of the student’s level of
understanding. This makes it easy to offer
suggestions and point out areas of improvement.
 Teachers can also use a completed advance organizer
as a quick reference when presenting the lesson. This
method provides a reminder of the lesson for the
students, as they review notes later.
 Teachers can use advance organizers to structure
their lesson notes in a way that makes sense to the
students. This way the teacher knows how the
student’s notes should look, as well.
 Different Types of Graphic Organizers
 Clock  Idea Wheel  Sequence Chart
 Cluster/Word Web 1  Inverted Triangle  Spider Map
 Cluster/Word Web 2  ISP Chart(Information,  Step-by-Step Chart
 Cluster/Word Web 3 Sources, Page)  Story Map 1
 Describing Wheel  KWL Chart  Story Map 2
 E-Chart  KWS Chart  Story Map 3
 Fact and Opinion  Ladder  T-Chart
 Five W's Chart  Observation Chart  Ticktacktoe
 Flow Chart  Persuasion Map  Time Line
 Four-Column Chart  Planning Chart  Time-Order Chart
 Garden Gate  Problem-Solution Char  Tree Chart
t
 Goal-Reasons Web  Venn Diagram
 Sandwich
 Ice-Cream Cone
 Sense Chart
 Idea Rake