Graphic organizers are visual tools that help students organize and structure information. They show relationships between concepts and can be used flexibly across content areas. Some benefits are that they help students sequence information, organize their thoughts logically, and develop analysis skills. Different types of graphic organizers include fishbone maps, spider maps, Venn diagrams, and matrices. Teachers should model how to use and read graphic organizers, as they can make lessons more interactive and help different types of learners comprehend relationships between topics.

1. GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS AS
THINKING
TECHNOLOGY

2. Graphic Organizers - are
communication tools that
uses visual symbols to
express knowledge,
concepts, thoughts, or
ideas, and the relationship
between them.

3. Learning to think is an essential skill
needed in education today. When students
interact with content, it is important that they
actively construct meaning.
Literature supports the use of
organizers to facilitate and improve learning
outcomes for a wide range of learners.
Graphic organizers appear to be a value
approach to utilize in teaching and learning.

4. Graphic organizers are visual representation of
knowledge that structures the information by
arranging important aspects of a concept or
topic in to pattern using labels.
- Bromley, DeVitis and Modlo (1999)
Serve as mental tools to help students
understand and retain important information
and relationships.
- Vygotsky (1962)

5. Qualities of Graphic Organizers:
• Unlike many tools that have just one
purpose, graphic organizers are flexible
and endless in application
• They show the order and completeness of
a student’s thought process
• Many graphic organizers show different
aspects of an issue or problem in close
and also the big picture
• Many graphic organizers use short words
or phrases

6. Graphic
Organizer
s
Help students
sequence
information
Help students
organize their
thoughts in a
logical way
Help students
organize
information
visually
Help students
develop analysis
skills to be able to
formulate plans or
processes
Help students
evaluate
criteria for
decision
making
Help students
analyze and
prioritize
information
Help students
determine
cause-effect
relations
Help students
cluster and
brainstorm
ideas and
information
Uses of Graphic Organizers

8. Fishbone Map is used to show the
interaction of a complex event or
interrelation of ideas and topics

9. Spider Map is used to describe a central
idea: a thing, process, concept, or
proposition with support.

10. T-chart is used to analyze and differences
between two things by placing individual
characteristics in either the left or right
sections.

11. Venn Diagram
is used to
analyze
similarities and
differences
between two
things, events ,
people, places
or ideas.

12. Compare and Contrast Matrix is used
to show similarities and differences
two things.

13. Evaluating is used to show positive, negative,
and interesting attributes of a subject, concept,
topic, solution in order to determine the nature
of the outcome and whether it will worth
continuing or not.

14. Continuum Scale is used for time
lines showing historical events or
ages, degrees of something, shades
of meaning or rating scales.

15. Ranking is used
when prioritizing
elements from
most important to
least important;
relative position
or standing, a
series of things or
persons; or an
orderly
arrangement.

16. Cycle is used to show how a series of
events interact to produce a set of results
again and again.

17. Bridging Snapshots is used to see
changes over time, reveal the sequence
of step-by-step methods, illustrate
complex processes and show cause and
effect.

18. KWLH help students activate prior
knowledge.

19. Synectics provides an approach to creative
thinking that depends on looking at, what
appears on surface as, unrelated phenomenon
and drawing relevant connections.

20. Network Tree is used to show casual
information or hierarchy or branching
procedures.

21. Cerebral Charts use hierarchies, yet
tend to be more free from in the
beginning.

22. Web is used list facts, definitions,
attributes, or examples related to a
single topic, concept, or theme.

23. Hypothesize Graphic Organizers
Hypothesize is to form the
hypothesis or to assume by hypothesis.
Hypothesis is a proposition, or set
of propositions, set forth as an
explanation for the occurrence of some
specified group of phenomena.

24. Hypothesis Graphic Organizers
Hypothesis Matrix allows students to identify
the three basic components of most
hypotheses.

26. Problem/Solutio
n Outline is used
to show the
problem solving
process by
defining the
components of
the problem and
attempted
solutions.

27. Effective
for
organizing
events in
terms of
action and
reaction.

28. How to use Graphic Organizers
 Choose one type of organizer to introduce to
the class.
 Introduce the concept of a graphic organizer.
 Present the chosen graphic organizer to the
class.
 Model using the graphic organizer to the
class.
 Guide the class through another example
using the same type of graphic organizer.
 Assign an independent exercise that allows
students to complete a graphic organizer on
their own.

29. How to Read Graphic Organizers
 Start in the center or at the top
 Look for arrows
 Determine the organizational structure
 Consider relationship

30. Benefits in using graphic organizers
Teachers :
 Make lesson interactive
 Help visual learners to acquire information
easily
 Assess what students know
Students:
 Understand concepts from part to whole
 Improve memory
 Record relationships

31. Familiarize yourself with
different types of graphic
organizers
Explain what and why they are
useful
Use in individual, paired and
group activities
See effectiveness in the use of
graphic organizers

32. Thank You for Listening!