A Visual Approach: Teaching Synthesis

Autor/in	McGregor, Joy
Titel	A Visual Approach: Teaching Synthesis
Quelle	In: School Library Monthly, 27 (2011) 8, S.5-7 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2166-160X
Schlagwörter	Data Analysis; Brain; Synthesis; Librarians; School Libraries; Student Writing Models; Writing Instruction; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auswertung; Gehirn; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; School library; Schulbibliothek; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	Humans synthesize whenever they see links between ideas they have gleaned from other sources. Human brains operate by seeing patterns and trying to make linkages. As students learn about a topic through creating a text-based presentation, they might have varying conceptual understandings of how they can combine their ideas with the information they have found. Consequently, they need to understand the concept of synthesis and be able to apply that understanding to their writing at the same time that they are developing a conceptual understanding of the content of their writing. Synthesis is not easy to do, nor is it easy to teach. It is, however, a natural process in which human brains engage when people are interacting with a topic. In this article, the author presents a visual approach to the teaching of synthesis. She provides visuals that were generated as part of a data analysis scheme during a research study, with no expectation that they could be used in teaching. (Contains 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10