Full Description
"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.
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
