CuesQuestionsOrganizers

 =__**Cues, Question, and Advanced Organizers **__=  Instructional strategies used to help students activate prior knowledge, use, and organize information__**.**__
 *  __Cues__: give "hints" of what is to be learned.
 * __ Questions: __ provide a focus for learning.
 * __ Advance Organizers :__ structures that teachers provide to students before learning an activity to help them classify and make sense of content; help students focus on new information.

Summary of the Research:

 * 1) Cues and questions should focus on importance of the topic
 * 2) Asking students higher level questions (Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation) or using higher level advance organizers will allow them to experience deeper learning than lower level questions (Knowledge, Comprehension, Application) or lower level organizers
 * 3) Waiting after asking questions will also increase students' understanding
 * 4) "Questions are effective learning tools even when asked before a learning experience."
 * 5) Focus on importance, not unusual
 * 6) Useful for use with information that is not already organized
 * 7) Different types produce different results


<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">__Cues:__ <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">"What do you already know?" (about the topic)

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">__Questions:__
<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">__Advanced Organizers:__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> " How are these the same/different?"
 * "What are the defining characteristics of this group?"
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> "What is the reasoning behind this perspective ?
 * Expository organizers describe new content,
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Narrative organizers present information in "story" format
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Skimming is also considered an advanced organizer (teach students to skim)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Teach students to use and create graphic organizers

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__Word Processing Applications:__ Tools used to create expository, narrative, and graphic organizers. The word processing applications tool is also used to create fill-in -the-line-blank guide to help learners take notes. __ Spreadsheet Software :__ Tools used to create rubrics in micro-soft-excel or word processing table-making feature. __ Organizing and Brainstorming Software: __Tools used to create advanced graphic organizers used with explicit cues, questioning, and brainstroming techniques. __Multimedia:__ Tools used as graphic organizers to activate prior knowledge and help learners to develop a mental image of the material. __Resources:__
 * Expository Advanced Organizers: brochures, rubrics, and definitions.
 * Narrative Advanced Organizers: stories, articles, and artistic works.
 * Graphic Advance Organizers: tables, charts, or artistic works.
 * Website Link: Kidspiration
 * Website Link: Inspiration
 * Power Point Presentations-Microsoft Powerpoint
 * United Streaming-www.unitedstreaming.com
 * The Internet Archive-www.archive.org
 * Google Video-http://video.google.com
 * A9-http://a9.com
 * Creative Commons-http://creativecommons.org