четвъртък, 19 април 2018 г.

The Merits And Demerits Of A Brainstorming Graphic Organizer

By Thomas Edwards


The current digital world has brought effective advancement not only in the business and health sectors but also in education. From dictating of notes, teachers now make use of graphic organizers to design more suitable teaching aids that enable students to grasp information quickly. The use of visuals such as diagrams and maps has also become part of student's learning, and it is fun to learn the digital way. Considered as an effective learning strategy, the use of brainstorming graphics has been extended to different curriculum areas. Here are the top benefits of brainstorming graphic organizer in a classroom.

A graphic organizer characterizes information in patterns and graphic systems, which enhances learning by stimulating the interest and retaining of a learner. A student finds it more interesting to read or illustrate simple learning materials rather than reading comprehensive and complicated articles. Information put in graphical are easy to grasp and categorize them.

When learners are responsible for generating information from graphics, they develop skills in identifying the relationship between theories besides broadening their knowledge. Moreover, exposure to graphics enables them to establish new ways of tackling tasks. Hence, this puts them in a better position to learn their mistakes and improvise better learning styles.

Seeing becomes more of understanding. Students understand information better when the data is compiled by graphical organizers. That is why most books have pictures and graphs so that users can relate the information provided, with the flow of charts or the drawings. If one follows the idea of the graphic, then they can remember them even after years of completion of studies.

Also, they are a good way of improving memory. For one, an instructor must be creative to come up with useful materials for their students. Learners learn from what they see, and they can as well practice on simple designs and try fixing the correct data. By doing such practices, they can easily remember the steps and answer exams correctly.

Apart from just creating remembrance, some learners have challenges in understanding from notes. If they lack somebody to tutor them, they continue achieving poor marks in class. However, sometimes it is not because they are not brave, may the kind of teaching method does not favor them. Sometimes they will fit well for graphics hence helping to balance the performance of all students.

Despite having a good impact on studies, these graphic organizers have some drawbacks. Of course, visualizing information on graphics is exciting, and it will be hard to write short notes when you have been carried by a nice chart that has all the information that you need. However, the challenge comes in when you need to do exam revision. Sometimes you will not remember everything on the webs, and you will need some notes to refer.

Some teachers will get tired to include answer keys in the organizer. Most of them consider it to be time-consuming and therefore leave students to discuss the possible answers. However, this does not work well for all learners. Some miss valuable feedback. They need corrections so that they can improve.




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