A Guide to Graphic Organizers: Helping Students Organize and Process Content for Deeper Learning

Author:   James A. Bellanca
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9781412953009


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   24 July 2007
Format:   Paperback
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"""Creating a mindful rendering of student thinking with these graphic tools is at the heart of this extensive work. K-12 teachers will applaud this effort as they use these graphic organizers in rich and relevant instructional activities."" -Robin Fogarty, Educational Consultant and Author ""An excellent aid in teaching students to gather and process data systematically, develop critical thinking skills, and become actively engaged learners."" -Mary Jo Johnson, Educational Evaluator, North Carolina School for the Deaf, Morganton, NC Help students organize their thinking, process content, and work cooperatively! Graphic organizers are effective, research-validated tools for supporting student achievement, promoting students' higher-level thinking, and strengthening learners' visual and metacognitive skills. In this combined update of The Cooperative Think Tank I and II, James Bellanca offers teachers a collection of 24 ready-to-use graphic organizers to enhance student learning across subject areas and grade levels. Presenting each graphic organizer in its own chapter, the author includes lessons for introducing these engaging learning tools to students and offers tips for maximizing their positive learning effects. Revised with current research, new graphic organizers, and a streamlined format, this edition also provides guidelines for using graphic organizers to: Support cooperative learning groups Help students process content Effectively assess students' understanding of concepts For novice teachers or seasoned veterans, Bellanca's extensive collection is the ideal guide to help you integrate graphic organizers into daily instruction."

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Author:   James A. Bellanca
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   Corwin Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9781412953009


ISBN 10:   1412953006
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   24 July 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface About the Author 1. KWL 2. Web 3. Sequence Chart 4. Starburst 5. Gathering Grid 6. 5+1 Newspaper 7. Jigsaw 8. Ranking Ladder 9. Scale 10. PMI 11. Venn Diagram 12. Spider Map 13. Classification Grid 14. Agree-Disagree Chart 15. Prediction Tree 16. Decision Maker′s Flow Chart 17. Concept Map 18. Fishbone Analyzer 19. Problem-Solving Chart 20. Two-Way Thinking Tower 21. Classification Flow Chart 22. Right Angle 23. Inference Funnel 24. What?s the Big Idea? 25. Invent Your Own Graphic Organizer 26. Graphic Organizers: Tools for Lifelong Thinking and Learning 27. Skillful Thinking Is Not an Accident 28. Promoting Students′ Thinking About Their Thinking 29. Developing the Quality of Student Thinking 30. Using Graphic Organizers With Learning Groups 31. The Multiple Uses of Graphic Organizers in Assessment 32. No Child Left Behind and Research Appendix: Electronic Resources Bibliography

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An excellent aid in teaching students to gather data systematically and process data in an organized way, developing critical thinking skills and actively engaged learners. -- Mary Jo Johnson, Educational Evaluator 20061113 Seeing 'exactly and explicitly' what students are saying by creating a mindful rendering of thinking with these graphic tools is at the heart of this extensive work. K-12 teachers will applaud this effort as they use these graphic organizers in rich and relevant instructional activities. -- Robin Fogarty, Educational Consultant and Author 20061113 These worksheets and applications cross grade levels from elementary to middle school on up. An outstanding survey highly recommended for any college-level education library or collection catering to practicing teachers. -- California Bookwatch, September 2007 20071012 The diagram are clearly done, and the overall layout of the book is very accessible. Teachers can make good use of the book for its collection of clear graphic organizer masters. -- Education Libraries, Spring 2008, Vol. 30(3) 20080528 The importance of visual aids in nurturing lifelong learning is a central theme of this book, which focuses on building skilled thinking. -- Curriculum Connections, Spring 2008 20080807


An excellent aid in teaching students to gather data systematically and process data in an organized way, developing critical thinking skills and actively engaged learners. -- Mary Jo Johnson, Educational Evaluator Seeing 'exactly and explicitly' what students are saying by creating a mindful rendering of thinking with these graphic tools is at the heart of this extensive work. K-12 teachers will applaud this effort as they use these graphic organizers in rich and relevant instructional activities. -- Robin Fogarty, Educational Consultant and Author These worksheets and applications cross grade levels from elementary to middle school on up. An outstanding survey highly recommended for any college-level education library or collection catering to practicing teachers. -- California Bookwatch, September 2007 The diagram are clearly done, and the overall layout of the book is very accessible. Teachers can make good use of the book for its collection of clear graphic organizer masters. -- Education Libraries, Spring 2008, Vol. 30(3) The importance of visual aids in nurturing lifelong learning is a central theme of this book, which focuses on building skilled thinking. -- Curriculum Connections, Spring 2008


An excellent aid in teaching students to gather data systematically and process data in an organized way, developing critical thinking skills and actively engaged learners. -- Mary Jo Johnson, Educational Evaluator 20061113 Seeing 'exactly and explicitly' what students are saying by creating a mindful rendering of thinking with these graphic tools is at the heart of this extensive work. K-12 teachers will applaud this effort as they use these graphic organizers in rich and relevant instructional activities. -- Robin Fogarty, Educational Consultant and Author 20061113 These worksheets and applications cross grade levels from elementary to middle school on up. An outstanding survey highly recommended for any college-level education library or collection catering to practicing teachers. -- California Bookwatch, September 2007 20071012 The diagram are clearly done, and the overall layout of the book is very accessible. Teachers can make good use of the book for its collection of clear graphic organizer masters. -- Education Libraries, Spring 2008, Vol. 30(3) 20080528 The importance of visual aids in nurturing lifelong learning is a central theme of this book, which focuses on building skilled thinking. -- Curriculum Connections, Spring 2008 20080807


Author Information

James Bellanca is a life-long advocate for the principles and practices created by Reuven Feuerstein.  As a Senior Fellow for the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, he created and edits the innovative P21Blogazine. He is the editor of a series of 21st Century Deeper Learning collections, has authored more than a dozen how-to books aimed to infuse critical and creative thinking across the curriculum and is President of the Illinois Consortium for 21st Century Schools.

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