Value of Graphic Organizers

[ljnpaul]

Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts or ideas which aids in relieving boredom by learners as well as clarify information.

Three benefits of graphic organizers are:
1) It aids in greater retention ability of students in relation to the content area

2) Promotes greater understanding of concepts especially for students whose learning styles are of a more visual nature

3) Assists in the organizing of thoughts/ideas and as a result students are better able to formulate effective summaries especially in areas such as English

[jchicotlouisy]

A graphic organizer is a visual communication tool that used to express ideas and concepts, to convey meaning. A graphic organizer often depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and or ideas within a learning task. It is often referred to as a "map" because it can help teachers and students "map out" their ideas in a visual manner.

BENEFITS OF USING GRAPHIC ORGANISERS:

a. Graphic organizers form a powerful visual picture of information and allow the mind 'to see' undiscovered patterns and relationships.

b. Graphic organizers foster Brainstorming. This is a problem solving technique where students are encouraged to spontaneously, quickly, and creatively share ideas while one person writes them down, often in the form of a web.

c. Graphic organizers aid Sequencing. The ideas or events are prioritized or ordered. Teachers sometimes use this technique to help students understand the relationship of events or the hierarchy of information.

[mjoseph]

What are graphic organizers?

Graphic organizers are visual representation of texts in a manner that shows the relationship betweeen ideas found in the texts. Graphic organizers can be representations such as concept webs/maps, venn diagrams, flowcharts, ladders which can be used in reference to the text structures.

The benefits of using graphic organizers are:

1. Graphic organizers can help students with visual learning style to critically understand what they have read in a manner that can help them retain the ideas of the text.

2. Graphic organizers can be used to illustate the different patterns of text structure in a manner that student can better recall. For example, in a texts where the students have recognised the signal words used to show compare and contrast, teh student can use a venn diagram to represent the similarities and differences found with the text.

3. Graphic organizers can also help students become more strategic learners because they can help students better understand what they are reading and writing , can build more confident in the students, improve their communication and critical thinking skills.

[lgidharry]

Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts or ideas. They help students see the link between key concepts and ideas. An example of a graphic organiser is a concept map.

Advantages of graphic organisers:

1. Graphic organisers cater to visual learners, as the information is presented visually.

2. Students are able to see how ideas and concepts are connected, thus making the information easier to retain.

3. Graphic organizers represent information in pattern and graphic form, which can enhance learning by stimulating a student's interest and retaining their attention.

[mbutcher]

A graphic organizer can be defined as an instructional tool used to illustrate a student or class's prior knowledge about a topic or section of text. It is also visual representation of information.
Benefits
1. It helps students simplify information
2. It stimulates students thinking skills because the main ideas or concepts are highlighted and students are forced to connect the ideas to discover patterns, to make generalizations etc.
3. It activates students’ prior knowledge and helps them review facts and concepts.

[Ms Biscette]

Judging from your responses, the conclusion can be drawn that Graphic organizers are very versatile learning tools as they can be used before, during and after instruction. They can be used as reading, writing or study strategies. Having realized the versatility and significant benefits that can be derived from using such a tool, I hope that you will provide your propective students the opportunities to enhance their learning through the use of such a tool.

Commenting on Mesmin's response, I would define Graphic Organizers as the visual representation of information and refer to the Concept Maps, Story Maps , etc. as examples of different types of Graphic Organizers.

[iernest]

1. Graphic organizers are visually represented instructional tools
used by both teachers and students to make connections
between facts and ideas on a learning task.

2. Three benefits of graphic organizers are:

a. It helps students to pull out the main aspect of a learning
task whiles irrelevant information is eliminated making it
better to retain information.

b. Since graphic organizers are visually represented tools they
carter to visual learners in the classroom.

c. It can be use to help students whiles studying.

[kamarlaambrose]

Graphic Organizers are visual instructional tool that is used to illustrate or express a students' or class ideas, concepts and meanings. It shows the relationship between fats, terms and ideas.

Three benefits of Graphic Organizers are:

1. It can be useful in helping students to study or revise work done in the classroom.

2. They create a simple structure for thinking about information in new ways.

3. They are far less cluttered approach to note taking and is a very effective tool for struggling writers and students who are having trouble making connections among concepts.

[kthomas]

A graphic organiser is a tool that is used to help students see and understand the relationship between key words, ideas and phrases. They can also be identified as visual aids in the classroom.

Advantages:
(i): allows students to understand content more clearly since it is broken down

(ii): allows for more interaction with the content and this would aid with better retention of the content

(iii)graphic organisers make it easier for students to review because they are able to envision how the concepts are related to each other

[Admin]

Students,

You did a fantastic job at explaining the value of graphic organizers. I want to encourage you to use this forum as a study guide as you prepare for exams. A great study tool, isn't it?

[cfrancis]

A Graphic Organizer is a way of visual representing various concepts of a topic being studied.

3 benefits of using graphic organizers in the teaching and learning of content are:

1. Create a mental picture of what was taught to help in summarizing the answer to a question, especially for the visual learner,
2. Show the relationship among various aspects of a concept in order to better explain it, and
3. Assists students in information processing, because it is simpler to understand than reading a bulky paragraph.

[kstange]

Graphic organizers are visual representations of the various text forms students encounter. They help to organize the information by demonstrating relationships between concepts and ideas about a particular topic.

Benefits of graphic organizers include:

1. They make text easier to understand as students are able to clearly see the links among concepts.

2. They have a higher visual impact than words only so their contents are easier to remember.

3. They help organize notes for easier revision by students

[cwinter]

Graphic organizers are a visual representation of material a student is learning in organized way that makes it easier to see connections between ideas and concepts to gain a fuller grasp of the content.

There are many benefits of using graphic organizers in the teaching and learning of content. Three(3) of them include:

1. Being excellent tools for visual learners who struggle with information that is presented in an entirely written form

2. Allowing students to display a great deal of information on a single graphic and so it is a far less cluttered approach to note taking and studying.

3. Being great tools to use with struggling writers and students who are having trouble making connections among concepts.

[jcsa]

1. Graphic organizer are visual communication tools that use visual symbols to express ideas, concepts and to convey meaning. These visual representations often depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and or ideas within a learning task.

2. Three benefits of using graphic organizers:

- When students read the text and present the information in the graphic organizers, it not only ensures that they read and understand the information, but the students are able to separate important information from not so important information, therefore, students become focused mainly on essential information.

- Language barriers (words, grammar) are removed, so that learners can focus on the connections between information, rather than the language.

-The teacher is given a record of the learner's thinking process. Graphic organisers can be used to assess students' knowledge and understand of the content, thinking skills and creativity.

[tessaimable]

Graphic Organizers are a pictorial way of constructing knowledge and organizing information.
The benefits of Graphic Organizers are:
1. because it is a visual representation students are better able to understand the concept taught
2. allows become strategic learners
3. allows students to organize information so that they can understand