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Advance Graphic Organizer

Overview

Advance graphic organizers link prior knowledge to upcoming learning to help students anticipate and understand the structure of new information. Using advance graphic organizers, such as Know/Want-to-Know/Learned (KWL), can help students learn content and skills more deeply by connecting their Working and Long-term Memories.

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    Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom

    Watch as a teacher explains how she uses a KWL chart in history class to help her students learn about the state they live in.

  • Starting a new book by connecting it with prior knowledge helps learners activate their Background Knowledge. Teachers can provide visuals for students to organize their knowledge to see how new information connects, to notice patterns in what they learn, and to predict new connections. Additionally, using an advance graphic organizer prior to writing explicitly shows different ways to structure a text and reduces Working Memory load as students write.

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    Videos are chosen as examples of strategies in action. These choices are not endorsements of the products or evidence of use of research to develop the feature.

    See how advance organizer products like Mindomo allow learners to create visual organizers. As learners explore new topics through mind mapping, they are able to organize and connect new material to what they have previously learned

  • Developers can provide tools that allow students to make their own graphic organizers. By creating a visual tool, learners consider patterns and connections even more deeply as they apply their Background Knowledge and practice their Verbal Reasoning.

    • Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Learner Background
    Physical Well-being
    Adverse Experiences
    Socioeconomic Status
    Sleep
    Safety
    Primary Language
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Sense of Belonging
    Motivation
    Cognition
    Inhibition
    Metacognition
    Working Memory
    Speed of Processing
    Short-term Memory
    Long-term Memory
    Attention
    Language and Literacy
    Genre Knowledge
    Verbal Reasoning
    Background Knowledge

    More Visual Learning Tools Strategies

    Graphic Organizer

    Visualizing how ideas fit together helps students construct meaning and strengthens their recall.

    Physical Well-beingHearingAdverse ExperiencesSocioeconomic StatusSleepSafetyPrimary LanguageSense of BelongingEmotionMotivationInhibitionMetacognitionWorking MemorySpeed of ProcessingShort-term MemoryLong-term MemoryAttentionGenre KnowledgeVocabularyVerbal ReasoningMorphological KnowledgeBackground Knowledge
    Pictures & Visuals

    Visuals help students recognize relationships within words and sentences to develop literacy skills.

    Physical Well-beingHearingAdverse ExperiencesSocioeconomic StatusSleepSafetyPrimary LanguageSense of BelongingInhibitionWorking MemorySpeed of ProcessingShort-term MemoryLong-term MemoryAuditory ProcessingAttentionVocabularyVerbal ReasoningSyntaxOrthographic ProcessingMorphological Knowledge
    Sentence Frames

    Sentence frames or stems provide language support for students' writing and participation in academic discussions.

    Physical Well-beingAdverse ExperiencesSocioeconomic StatusSleepSafetyPrimary LanguageSense of BelongingEmotionInhibitionMetacognitionWorking MemorySpeed of ProcessingShort-term MemoryLong-term MemoryAttentionGenre KnowledgeVocabularySyntaxFoundational Writing Skills
    Videos

    Providing visuals to introduce, support, or review instruction activates more cognitive processes to support learning.

    Physical Well-beingAdverse ExperiencesSocioeconomic StatusSleepSafetyPrimary LanguageSense of BelongingInhibitionWorking MemorySpeed of ProcessingShort-term MemoryLong-term MemoryAttentionVocabularySyntaxBackground Knowledge
    Videos: SEL Topics

    Videos developed with discussion guides can teach students about social and emotional learning (SEL) skills.

    Physical Well-beingAdverse ExperiencesSafetyPrimary LanguageSense of BelongingEmotionSocial Awareness & Relationship SkillsSelf-regulationInhibitionWorking MemorySpeed of ProcessingShort-term MemoryLong-term MemoryVocabularySyntaxBackground Knowledge

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