LEARNING GUIDE 2: TECHNIQUES IN ORGANIZING INFORMATION

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Discover Ideas Through Brainstorming

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Richard Nordquist

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Richard Nordquist

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Discover Ideas Through Brainstorming

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essential brainstorming concepts such as

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Brainstorming is an invention and discovery strategy in composition in which the writer works with others to explore topics, develop ideas, and/or propose solutions to a problem.

Brainstorming is defined as a “process for generating creative ideas and solutions through intensive and freewheeling group discussion,”

A brainstorming session’s goal is to “work as a group to define a problem and find a plan of action to solve it.”

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writer of Applied Imagination: Principles and Practices of Creative Thinking,

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Alex Osborn

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Alex Osborn

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writer of Applied Imagination: Principles and Practices of Creative Thinking

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Alex Osborn proposed “a stop-and-go, catch-as-catch-can operation—one which can never be exact enough to rate as scientific.”. What are the different processes

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OPASIVA

Orientation

Preparation

Analysis

Synthesis

Incubation

Verification

Accumulating alternatives via ideas

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pointing out the problem

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Orientation

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gathering pertinent data

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Preparation

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breaking down the relevant material

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Analysis

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is the process of putting the pieces together.

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Synthesis

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letting up to invite illumination

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Incubation

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judging the resultant ideas

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Verification

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Last A

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accumulating alternatives via ideas

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Osborne established four basic rules for brainstorming:

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CCFQ

Criticism is ruled out. The adverse judgment of ideas must be withheld until later.

Freewheeling is encouraged. The wilder the idea, the better.

Quantity is the goal. The greater the number of ideas, the more likely it is that useful ideas will result.

combination and improvement are sought.

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Brainstorming Strategies is defined by

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The Writing Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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What are the brainstorming strategies?

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CFLMR

Cubing
Freewriting
Listing
Mapping
Researching

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This strategy allows you to consider your topic from six different perspectives, just like a six-sided

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Cubing

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Cubing involves?

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DeCoAnalAsArAp

Describing
Comparing
Analyzing
Associating
Arguing
Applying

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When you _____, you allow your thoughts to flow freely, putting pen to paper

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Freewriting

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In this technique, also known as bulleting, you jot down lists of words or phrases related to a specific topic.

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Listing

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you list a variety of terms and phrases that branch off from the main topic. This method is also known as “webbing” because the end result resembles a spider web

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Mapping

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Mapping is AKA

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webbing

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Also known as the journalistic method, this technique involves asking the “big six” questions

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Researching

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Big six question in reporting

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who, what, when, where, why, and how

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depicts relationships between facts, concepts, or ideas visually.

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graphic organizer

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It is commonly found in schools because it is a pedagogical tool that provides a visual aid to aid learning and instruction illustrate complex concepts

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Graphic Organizers

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Different types of graphic organizers are as follows:

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Sequence charts or Flow Diagrams, KWL charts, Spider maps, Venn diagrams, Concept maps, Webs, Mind Maps, Organizational Charts, Pie Charts, Graphs: Line and Bar Graphs, and Tables.

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examples of graphic organizers

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1. Main Idea and Details Organizers 2. Compare and Contrast Organizers (Ven Diagram) 3. Sequence Chart 4. Spider Map 5. Storyboard 6.T- Chart 7.KWL Chart 8. bar graph 9. table

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pedagogical tools that help you understand and instruct the connotation of things by visually expressing the logic and relationships between items, facts, and concepts.

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Main Idea and Details Organizers

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Consider using compare and contrast organizers, such as a _____ if you need to compare and contrast three objects, processes, or events." This visual organizer is made up of overlapping circles.

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Compare and Contrast Organizers (Ven Diagram)

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collection of events, actions, numbers, and so on that occur in a specific order and result in a specific outcome. This graphic organizer resembles a series of boxes connected by arrows.

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Sequence Chart

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"an organizational tool used to display knowledge in a visual framework that resembles a cobweb." It enables students to organize information from readings and make meaningful connections in a meaningful structure.

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Spider Map

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is "a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students learn the elements of a book or story." Students read carefully to learn the details by identifying the story's characters, plot, setting, problem, and solution

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Storyboard

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possibly the most basic graphic organizer for both teachers and students. It's mostly used for comparison by dividing information into two or more columns

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T- Chart

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forming a layout in the shape of the English letter "T."

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T-Chart

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"what students already know, want to know, and ultimately learn in the course of a lesson."

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KWL Chart

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It is used to help guide students through a lesson or subject matter at their own pace and interest level

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KWL Chart

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"a chart that uses bars to show comparisons between data categories." The bars can be horizontal or vertical. "

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bar graph

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an arrangement of information in rows and columns containing cells that facilitates comparing and contrasting information

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Table

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article written by Richard Nordquist

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Outlines for Every Type of Writing Composition

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usually in the form of a list divided into headings and subheadings that distinguish main points from supporting points

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Outlines

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An outline can be

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informal or formal

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Two types of outlines are most common

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short topic outlines and lengthy sentence outlines

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A topic outline consists of

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short phrases arranged to reflect your primary method of development

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Formal Outlines uses

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IBC format

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IBC

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I. Introduction (note: you may use any of the three) A. Hook (grab the reader's attention) B. Background information (context or overview) C. Thesis statement (main idea or purpose of the text) II. Body A. Main Point 1 1. Supporting detail or evidence 2. Explanation or example B. Main Point 2 1. Supporting detail or evidence 2. Explanation or example C. Main Point 3 (optional) 1. Supporting detail or evidence 2. Explanation or example III. Conclusion (any of the three) A. Summary of key points B. Restate the thesis in a new way C. Closing thought or call to action

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are indented so that all letters or numbers of the same type appear directly beneath each other.

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Subtopics

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Topics and subtopics should be

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parallel in form