How to Use Graphic Organizers to Help You Learn
Presented by Debra Bell
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Conceptual Understanding
• The depth and breadth of what I know about an idea.
– Hockey
– Biology
– Theme
– Driving a car
– Politics
– My favorite band
What is a graphic organizer?
• Graphic organizers are two‐dimensional. • Help you organize information visually.
• Show you not only important information about individual concepts; • but also, relationships among the facts, information and terms associated with this concept.
Two ways graphic organizers help you learn:
• Big picture
• Patterns
Brain Science and Graphic Organizers
How can a graphic organizer help you recall what you have read or learned?
• You think in pictures.
• Drawing a graphic organizers creates a neural pathway.
• These two strategies move information to long term memory.
ERA
CONTRIBUTIONS
LEADING SCIENTISTS
Ancient – 600 B.C.
Ancient Egypt
Treated wounds with mold
Used poppy seeds for pain relief
Invented papyrus
Imhotep
600 B.C. – 500 A.D.
Ancient Greece
Predicted planetary events
Tried to explain the origins of life
Developed earliest atomic theory Developed classification system
Linked mathematics and science
Developed Ptolemaic or geocentric theory of the universe
Thales
Anaximander
Anaximenes
Leucippus
Democritus
Aristotle
Archimedes
Ptolemy
500 A.D. – 1000 A.D. (Dark Ages)
Ancient Rome
Early Christianity
Emphasized inventions
Catalogued scientific information in encyclopedias
Advanced medical treatment
1000 A.D. – 1500 A.D. (Middle Ages)
Europe
Developed the scientific method
Developed formulas for motion
Developed heliocentric theory of the universe
Monks
Robert Grosseteste
Roger Bacon
Thomas Bradwardine
Nicholas of Cusa
Patterns of Knowledge
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Hierarchical
Sequential
Cyclical
Conceptual
How can graphic organizers help you plan a project or paper?
• Step 1: Determine the pattern of knowledge
Hierarchical
Conceptual
Venn Diagram
Sequential
Linear Flow Chart
Cyclical
Free Graphic Organizers
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