As we near the end of the semester, students may be struggling to organize an entire semester of information in a way that is easy to retrieve and apply during their finals. Students may benefit from creating graphic organizers as a way to make meaning from complicated information. Brandy Agerbeck, an artist and graphic facilitator suggests that there are five steps in creating a graphic organizer.
1. Chunk: Identify important information.
2. Sort/Group: Divide "chunked" information into themes, arguments, or topics.
3. Connect: Begin making relationships between themes.
4. Scale: Draw main topics bigger and supporting ideas smaller.
5. Grasp: What conclusions can you draw now that you've visually displayed this information? What do you now understand?
Special thanks to Dr. Cheri Clavier for discovering Brandy Agerbeck's graphic organizer resources. |
