ADVANCE ORGANIZERS MODEL OF TEACHING BY DANIELLE BLACK

WHAT ARE ADVANCE ORGANIZERS? • AN ADVANCE ORGANIZER CAN BE A • GRAPHIC • NARRATIVE • OR OTHER FORMS OF ORGANIZERS. • AN ADVANCE ORGANIZER IS A ORGANIZE WAY OF PULLING THE MAIN POINTS OF A SUBJECT. • EACH POINT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO BE RELATED BACK TO THE BIG IDEAL OF THE UNIT. • AN ADVANCE ORGANIZER IS A FLEXIBLE MODEL OF TEACHING.

EXAMPLE OF AN GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

EXAMPLE OF AN NARRATIVE ADVANCE ORGANIZER

VISIBILITY OF THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER. • IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE UNIT. • SOME WAYS TO DO THAT IS: • HAVE A POSTER PRINTED WITH THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER ON IT. • PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WITH THEIR OWN COPY OF THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER. • UPLOAD TO THE CLASS GOOGLE DOCS.

REPUTATION OF AN ADVANCE ORGANIZER • THROUGHOUT THE UNIT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REPEAT THE INFORMATION FROM THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER IN ORDER TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE COMPREHENSION FROM THE STUDENTS. • BY REPEATING THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER, THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO RELATE THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE BIG IDEA.

ORGANIZATION • THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER IS USED AS AN ANCHOR FOR THE UNIT. • BY USING A HIERARCHY TO ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION FOR YOUR ADVANCE ORGANIZER. • IT IN TURN CAN HELP WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIT. • TEACHERS CAN USE THE ORGANIZATION TO PLAN THEIR UNIT.

• PROCEDURES THAT MAY FACILITATE THE USE OF AN ADVANCE ORGANIZER. • ORALLY PRESENT A TEXT-BASED ADVANCE ORGANIZER TO THE CLASS. • SOME RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THE TEACHER READING THE TEXT AND DISCUSSING IT WITH THE STUDENTS IMPROVES THEIR ABILITY TO RECALL THE INFORMATION. • USE VISUALS IN YOUR ADVANCE ORGANIZER. • THIS HELPS DRAW THE STUDENTS’ ATTENTION AND KEEPS THEM ENGAGED.

CONTINUED • ADVANCE ORGANIZERS CAN BE CONCEPT MAPS OR OTHER FORMS OF GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS. • CONCEPT MAPS PROMOTE A POSITIVE RESULT FROM THE LEARNERS. • REMIND THE STUDENTS OF THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER FREQUENTLY. • THE REPETITION WILL PROMOTE THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO ABSORB AND RETAIN THE INFORMATION FROM THE ADVANCE ORGANIZER.

TECHNOLOGY IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL TO USE WITH THE CREATION OF ADVANCE ORGANIZERS. • MICROSOFT WORD SMARTART IS A USEFUL TOOL FOR CREATING A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. • INSPIRATION 9 IS A SOFTWARE TO CREATE CONCEPT MAPS. • YOU CAN USE GOOGLE DOCS TO MAKE THE ADVANCE ORGANIZERS AVAILABLE TO YOUR STUDENTS AT ALL TIMES.

VIDEO EXAMPLE OF ADVANCE ORGANIZER

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