Web Diagrams
Web diagrams allow us to organize information to show relationships by drawing arrows/lines to show connections. It is also possible to write along the lines to show what type of connection the two things have. Note: mind maps are not maps; they are webs.
Limitations: Webs can become messy if done by hand, especially if being used as a learning tool that students will write on and erase multiple times. One way to combat this is to use computer programs/tablets.
Limitations: Webs can become messy if done by hand, especially if being used as a learning tool that students will write on and erase multiple times. One way to combat this is to use computer programs/tablets.
Tree Diagrams
Tree diagrams are good for classification and connect ideas with a series of branches. Tree diagrams are ideal for breaking things into groups and subgroups and are especially useful for science projects, local and family history. A simpler version of the tree diagram is the wheel diagram, which has a main point at the center, with spokes coming off of it. Wheel diagrams lack a few key components of tree diagrams: categorization and ranking of those categories.
Tables
Tables are good: good for classification and comparing different groups of things in one visual. The simplest tables are column tables, and more complex are row-and-column tables. While they may not contain pictures, the words’ spatial relationships make the information significant.
Tables contain at least a row or column of header information with details below. They may use figures (for example, a stats sheet), or use pictures (pictorial tables, good for younger students to promote connections between words and images). Tables can also help make decisions by seeing what criteria each element fills.
Tables contain at least a row or column of header information with details below. They may use figures (for example, a stats sheet), or use pictures (pictorial tables, good for younger students to promote connections between words and images). Tables can also help make decisions by seeing what criteria each element fills.
Venn Diagrams
Venn diagrams allow for comparison of two different things with overlaps where tables do not. They can also help resolve conflict by finding “common ground” between two seemingly dissimilar things.