A Guide to Graphic Organizers: Helping Students Organize and Process Content for Deeper Learning - Softcover

Bellanca, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412953006 ISBN 13: 9781412953009

Publisher: Corwin, 2007

Synopsis

Offers teachers of all grade levels and content areas ready-to-use graphic organizers with guidelines for supporting cooperative learning groups, strengthening students′ thinking processes, and developing effective assessments.

About this title

About the Author:

James Bellanca is a life-long advocate for the principles and practices created by Reuven Feuerstein.  As a Senior Fellow for the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, he created and edits the innovative P21Blogazine. He is the editor of a series of 21st Century Deeper Learning collections, has authored more than a dozen how-to books aimed to infuse critical and creative thinking across the curriculum and is President of the Illinois Consortium for 21st Century Schools.

Review:

"An excellent aid in teaching students to gather data systematically and process data in an organized way, developing critical thinking skills and actively engaged learners." -- Mary Jo Johnson, Educational Evaluator Published On: 2006-11-13

"Seeing ′exactly and explicitly′ what students are saying by creating a mindful rendering of 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 Published On: 2006-11-13

"These worksheets and applications cross grade levels from elementary to middle school on up. An outstanding survey highly recommended for any college-level education library or collection catering to practicing teachers." -- California Bookwatch, September 2007 Published On: 2007-10-12

"The diagram are clearly done, and the overall layout of the book is very accessible. Teachers can make good use of the book for its collection of clear graphic organizer masters." -- Education Libraries, Spring 2008, Vol. 30(3) Published On: 2008-05-28

"The importance of visual aids in nurturing lifelong learning is a central theme of this book, which focuses on building skilled thinking." -- Curriculum Connections, Spring 2008 Published On: 2008-08-07

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1412953006
• ISBN 13: 9781412953009
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 264