Types of Graphic Organizer

It is a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and or ideas within a learning task. It is also sometimes referred to as knowledge maps, concept maps, story maps, cognitive organizers, advance organizers, or concept diagrams.

• Sequencing Story

• Solving Problems

• Graphic Organizer

• Context Clues

A _____ helps organize ideas into two columns and examine two components of an object, concept, or event. For instance, it can be used in any content area to examine the pros and cons of something, advantages, and disadvantages, or facts and opinions.

• Concept Map

• T-Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Sequence Chart

• Main Idea Web

A ______ (or flow diagram) presents a series of steps or events in order. Many learners need a visual aid to help clarify a sequence of events in a story or to come to conclusions about different cause and effect (or problem and solution) relationships between multiple events in a text.

• Concept Map

• T-Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Sequence Chart

• Main Idea Web

A _______ shows relationships between the main idea and other information. Concepts or ideas are represented in circles or boxes and are linked to related ideas with arrows.

• Concept Map

• T-Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Sequence Chart

• Main Idea Web

is used to compare and contrast two or more groups of things by visually displaying their similarities and differences in two or more circles that overlap. Similarities between topics are presented where a circle from one category overlaps with a circle from another category.

• Concept Map

• T-Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Sequence Chart

• Main Idea Web

The ______ starts with a central idea and branches out into related ideas and details (or sub-ideas). Sometimes referred to as spider or semantic maps, this type of graphic organizer is used primarily for brainstorming and generating ideas for planning or writing purposes.

• Concept Map

• T-Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Sequence Chart

• Main Idea Web

Organizing a hierarchical set of information, reflecting superordinate or subordinate elements, is made easier by constructing a ______.

• Network Tree

• Descriptive or Thematic Map

• Sequential Episodic Map

• Series of Events Chain

• Cycle Map

A ________ is useful for organizing information that is circular or cyclical, with no absolute beginning or ending.

• Network Tree

• Descriptive or Thematic Map

• Sequential Episodic Map

• Series of Events Chain

• Cycle Map

A __________ works well for mapping generic information, but particularly well for mapping hierarchical relationships.

• Network Tree

• Descriptive or Thematic Map

• Sequential Episodic Map

• Series of Events Chain

• Cycle Map

A ________ is useful for mapping cause and effect.

• Network Tree

• Descriptive or Thematic Map

• Sequential Episodic Map

• Series of Events Chain

• Cycle Map