Graphic organizer
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Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas. Graphic Organizers historically have been organized bits of data in easy-to-understand formats, such as charts, tables, and graphs.
In the twentieth century, due to developing technologies in printing, the use of graphic organizers grew substantially. Additionally, graphic organizers entered the realm of education in the late twentieth century as ways of helping students to organize their thoughts (as a sort of pre-writing exercise). For example, a student is asked, "What were the causes of the French Revolution?" The student places the question in the middle of a sheet of paper. Branching off of this, the student jots down her ideas, such as "poor harvests," "unfairness of the Old Regime," etc. Branching off of these are more of the student's thoughts, such as "the nobles paid no taxes" branching from "unfairness of the Old Regime." This concept map thus graphically organizes the student's ideas and knowledge, while serving as the basis of the student's essay answer.
They are known to help:
- relieve learner boredom
- enhances recall
- provide motivation
- create interest
- clarify information
- assist in organizing thoughts
- promote understanding
They take many forms:
- Relational Organizers
- storyboard
- fishbone -- Ishikawa diagram
- cause and effect web
- chart
- Category/Classification Organizers
- Sequence Organizers
- Chain
- Ladder
- Cycle
- Compare Contrast Organizers
- Concept Development Organizers
- story web
- word web
- circle chart
- flow chart
- Options and Control Device Organizers
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