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Advance Graphic Organizer

Overview

Advance graphic organizers link prior knowledge to upcoming learning to help students anticipate and understand the structure of new information. Using advance graphic organizers, such as Know/Want-to-Know/Learned (KWL), can help students learn content and skills more deeply by connecting their Working and Long-term Memories.

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    Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom

  • Starting a new book by connecting it with prior knowledge helps learners activate their Background Knowledge. Teachers can provide visuals for students to organize their knowledge to see how their current learning fits in and to predict and notice patterns in the knowledge learned.

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  • Developers can provide tools that allow students to make their own graphic organizers. By creating a visual tool, learners consider patterns and connections even more deeply as they apply their Background Knowledge and practice their Verbal Reasoning.

    • Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Learner Background
    Adverse Experiences
    Safety
    Sleep
    Primary Language
    Socioeconomic Status
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Motivation
    Sense of Belonging
    Cognition
    Inhibition
    Attention
    Long-term Memory
    Speed of Processing
    Short-term Memory
    Working Memory
    Literacy
    Background Knowledge

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