In Chapter 4, Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers, we see that giving students these tools help them to think on a deeper level, providing connections to thoughts, images, and all senses of the body. Cues are hints about the material that will be presented, questions help students to bring to mind information previously stored, and advanced organizers help students focus their thoughts upon the material being presented.
By incorporating things such as Cmaps and graphic organizers we help students to organize their information into a useful tool, helping them to visualize information for long-term storage in the brain. When using cues, questions, advanced organizers, etc., we give students the tools necessary to enable them to summarize information. Information summary can be quite difficult if there is not a complete understanding of the material being presented. By integrating technological tools educators can help students see the big picture and the connections to be made between text, images, and sometimes smell (Orey, 2010).
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Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteYes--I see a lot of support for the dual coding hypothesis.
I find that anytime I prepare or implement a lesson--that students will retain--understand at a deeper level--if I provide multiple ways for them to encode information--additionally, I'm able to meet the needs of a broader base of learning styles.
I also find it helpful to provide guidance in "chunking" information--to give students explicit strategies for how to group information into logical "chunks" so that they can retain it more easily. Concept maps facilitate this--students see a section of the map--make a connection to this section--and more easily retain the information. They get a big picture of the content and the individual chunks help the remember supporting details.
Thank you for sharing.
Emily,
ReplyDeleteYou said, "By incorporating things such as Cmaps and graphic organizers we help students to organize their information into a useful tool, helping them to visualize information for long-term storage in the brain." I completely agree that graphic organizers are a useful tool that allow children organize and visualize information. I truly enjoy using graphic organizers in the classroom in many subject areas. The organizers provide the children with a organized way to see and process the information.
During what part of your school day do you find graphic organizers the most useful?
Lyndsay
Lyndsay,
ReplyDeleteI taught 7th grade so we would switch classes. I had 150 students each day and taught the same subject each day... I am assuming you are in a self contained class?