APPLYING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS STRATEGYON GRADE TEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

The Effects of Computerized Graphic Organizers on Students' Performance in English Reading and Writing Tasks

The study investigated the effects of the intervention of a computerized graphic organizer (CGO), Inspiration, on a group of EFL college students’ performance of English reading-to-write tasks. Students were given two pretests to determine their entry levels of English proficiency of reading and writing. After the CGO treatment, they were given two posttests. Both preand post-intervention measu...

Graphic organizers in reading instruction: Research findings and issues

As an instructional tool, graphic organizers (GOs) have been highly recommended and used in contemporary classrooms. Over the past decade, a number of concerns have been raised about claims for the effectiveness of GOs. These concerns involve the inconsistent research results on student improvements, the limitation in generalizability from research studies, and the need for research studies wit...

Using graphic organizers to attain relational knowledge from expository text.

Many students with learning disabilities (LD) experience difficulties with extracting relationships from expository text, especially if they are implicit. Results from studies with K-12 participants have been inconclusive regarding the potency of the graphic organizer (GO) as a comprehension tool. This study attempted to address some of the concerns with GO research by examining the effects of ...

Effects of discourse structure graphic organizers on EFL reading comprehension

This study investigated the effects of a 16-week reading instruction program with discourse structure graphic organizers (DSGOs) on the development of English reading comprehension among college-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. A total of 340 first and third semester students of non-English majors at a Chinese university participated in this study. A DSGO completion test and ...

Vocabulary Acquisition through Frequency Exposure via Reading