Lesson 2: Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information Flashcards
a process writing down specific t of opics gathered from
different sources. It involves documenting and coming up with a list of
topics.
Brainstorming
The brainstorming list is composed of:
Major points with sub-details for each
It may be a short explanation or example of the major point
Sublist
The brainstorming can be an:
individual or a group
Four guidelines on how brainstorming works:
- Enumerate the ideas and evaluate them. try to
- Select possible topics and list subtopics under each topic.
- You may draw lines, arrows, stars, or to show connections between various topics.
- Eliminate the topics that will not provide enough information, then free write.
Five strategies under brainstorming
Cubing, free writing, listing, mapping, and researching
an idea is examined from six distinction viewpoints.
Cubing
Six details to gather under the cubing technique
Describe, compare/constrast, associate, analyze, apply, and argue for/against
this is another way of brainstorming, you may set a time
limit and several words pages. Just write. allows or It to someone work
without inhibitions.
Free writing
Just ____ a topic. Then, make a sub-list things of you could write
about each topic. For example, under languages, you can write English,
Mandarin, and Spanish. this point, not outline ye At do an t, because outline
can limit your creativity.
Listing
A graphic form the listing of is:
Mapping
Another term of mapping is:
webbing or clustering
It involves writing down ideas and then making connections by
associating similar ideas with color-coded circles or underlined dominant
themes, or using distinct patterns and then showing the relationship by linking
with the lines.
Mapping
this the last technique brainstorming. You must is in
search from the library or websites and make a list map the new ideas. or of
This technique requires you write the main topic a to nd write down all
related concepts below it.
Researching
uses visual symbols that express thought ideas,
knowledge concepts, and the relationships between them. a As
communication tool, makes easier writers classi it it for to fy their ideas
and to communicate them others. to It is often done before writing. It
helps the writers more coherent.
Graphic Organizer
