Organizers - Helping Students Input Information   

Types of Organizers
prepared notes or worksheets completed by students such as the following: outlines for lectures/ chapters, structured study guides, graphic organizers, assignment models, prepared notes summarizing class lectures, etc.

Rationale for Preparing Organizers

• a concrete guide and a starting point
• a reference to review classroom learning
• a tool to organize and clarify information

Steps to Effective Organizers

1. Carefully identify essential information.

2. Plan a clear and consistent format.

3. Consider the best time to distribute it

4. Plan activities to make the organizer more than a drill; make it memorable.  For example, make meaningful connections between the organizer and real life.

5. Try it, get feedback, revise it

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