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

by James A. Bellanca

Overview

Offers teachers of all grade levels and content areas ready-to-use graphic organizers with guidelines for supporting cooperative learning groups, strengthening students' thinking processes, and developing effective assessments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412952996
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/08/2007
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Bellanca is a life-long advocate for the principles and practices created by Reuven Feuerstein. As a Senior Fellow for the Partnership for 21^st Century Learning, he created and edits the innovative P21Blogazine. He is the editor of a series of 21^st 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 21^st Century Schools.

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

Editorial Reviews

"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

"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

"The importance of visual aids in nurturing lifelong learning is a central theme of this book, which focuses on building skilled thinking. "

Curriculum Connections

"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

"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