Graphic organizers for grade VIII science students
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Date
1998
Authors
Luyten, David D.
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1998
Abstract
This paper is part of a series of classroom investigations into the effectiveness of graphic
organizers in a junior high school setting. There were two main purposes for this study.
The first purpose was to determine if the structure and design of the organizers were
consistent. The second was to learn how students used graphic organizers as a review
tool. Grade 8 students in a traditional junior high school were taught to creatively display
key information in a graphic organizer. Organizers for the purpose of this study were
considered to be a collection or summary of information presented in symbolic, pictorial
and written form with supporting data radiating from the main idea. Students used these
organizers as a review tool during their creation, as a focus for classroom discussion and
as a reference immediately before the unit exam. This procedure was continued for the
next three units and formed the basic source of data and artifacts for this study. The
information gathering culminated with the students completing a questionnaire and
discussing their strategies and insights during an interview. The resulting data addresses a
number of educational aspects of graphic organizers. The data was analyzed to clarify the
relationships between student achievement levels, strategies, and attitudes with the success
and benefits of the mind maps. The consistency of the structure and design of the
orgranizers were also assessed and were found to be aligned with the students' brain
processing.
Description
vi, 56 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. --
Keywords
Learning -- Graphic methods , Association of ideas -- Graphic methods , Study skills , Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary)