Module 2: Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information

Question 1

An informal way of generating topics to write about, or points to make about your topic. Ideas are gathered and listed from the input member.

Answer 1

Brainstorming

Question 2

Simply involves listing ideas about a particular topic. Requires you to write the main topic and them write down all related concepts below it.

Answer 2

Idea List

Question 3

Is a visual representation of ideas and their connections with one another. Also called webbing or clustering.

Answer 3

Idea Map

Question 4

An idea is examined from six distinct viewpoints.
- You describe the topic (what is it?)
- Compare and contrast it (what is it like or unlike?)
- What do you associate it with (what does it remind you of?)
- Analyze it (what are its parts?)
- Apply it (in what ways can it be utilized)
- Argue for or against it (in what ways can you support or oppose it)?

Answer 4

Cubing (Six sides)

Question 5

It allows someone to work without inhibitions. Just write.

Answer 5

Free Writing

Question 6

You go to the library or check out websites on the internet. Make a list or map of the new ideas.

Answer 6

Researching

Question 7

A visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and or ideas within a learning task.

Answer 7

Graphic Organizers

Question 8

Works well for mapping generic information, but particularly well for mapping hierarchical relationships

Answer 8

Descriptive or Thematic Map

Question 9

Organizing a hierarchical set of information, reflecting superordinate or subordinate elements

Answer 9

Network Tree

Question 10

When the information relating to a main idea or theme does not fit into a hierarchy

Answer 10

Spider Map

Question 11

When information contains cause and effect problems and solutions

Answer 11

Problem and Solution Map

Question 12

Helps students to compare different solutions to a problem

Answer 12

Problem and Solution Outline

Question 13

Useful for mapping cause and effect

Answer 13

Sequential Episodic Map

Question 14

When cause-effect relationships are complex and non- redundant

Answer 14

Fishbone Map

Question 15

Can help students to compare and contrast two concepts according to their features

Answer 15

Comparative and Contrastive Map

Question 16

Another way to compare concepts’ attributes

Answer 16

Compare-Contrast Matrix

Question 17

Effective for organizing information along a dimension such as less to more, low to high, and few to many

Answer 17

Continuum Scale

Question 18

Can help students organize information according to various steps or stages

Answer 18

Series of Events Chain

Question 19

Useful for organizing information that is circular or cyclical, with no absolute beginning or ending

Answer 19

Cycle

Question 20

Effective for organizing events in terms of a chain of action and reaction (useful in social sciences and humanities)

Answer 20

Human Interaction Outline

Question 21

Is the general plan of what you intend to write

Answer 21

Outline

Question 22

Why do we outline?

Answer 22

• To clarify one’s purpose
• To test organization
• As complete communication
• As a reading aid

Question 23

-Uses words and phrases as its entries
-Used if ideas being discussed can be arranged in a number of ways
-Uses parallel phrases for the heading all throughout

Answer 23

Topic Outline

Question 24

-Uses complete sentences as its entries.
-Used when the topic being discussed is complicated and requires details

Answer 24

Sentence Outline