Los ORGANIZADORES GRÁFICOS explicados: ¿Qué son y para qué sirven? (Lista de 31 tipos)📈

Main ideas / concepts conveyed

• Graphic organizers are visual schemes used to present concepts clearly and help learners:

  • explain a specific idea and uncover links between that idea and related ones
  • summarize and present information in a friendlier, easier-to-understand way
  • facilitate understanding—especially for complex topics with many associated concepts

• They are used across contexts:

  • Educational institutions: in different learning phases, selecting structures that fit students’ knowledge level
  • Organizations/companies: to explain internal and external workings, such as:
    • campaign development
    • production process
    • subordination relationships
    • relationships with external stakeholders

General purpose (what they are for)

Graphic organizers are used to:

• Explain a concept and its related notions in a visual and easy-to-understand way
• Support comprehension by organizing information so that relationships and structure are visible quickly
• Make learning, comparison, decision-making, and planning easier by imposing clear structure (e.g., chronology, hierarchy, causality, process flow, etc.)

Methodology / instruction-like guidance (how organizers work, by structure)

The subtitles describe multiple types of graphic organizers. For those with explicit “how to build/use” characteristics, the key instructions are:

Sequence / chronology-oriented organizers

String of sequences (chain of sequences)

• Use when ideas follow a chronological criterion (e.g., historical events).
• Ensure there is proper chronological order, otherwise the organizer won’t work.

Sequences of events (timeline-like ordering)

• Order events chronologically for events tied to a specific fact/scenario.
• Use the order to understand how many events exist and their sequence.

Timelines

• Visualize a chronological and linear sequence for specific events.
• Especially useful in historical topics.
• The key is making the relationships between events clear through their timing.

Relationship-mapping organizers

Conceptual map

• Put notions in circles or boxes.
• Connect concepts with lines/connectors.
• Connections may include very brief explanatory phrases.

Mind map (mental map)

• Create a global vision of a subject with multiple branches (“edges”).
• Emphasizes synthesis and requires creativity to include aspects logically and pleasantly while staying summarized.

Cause-effect map (Ishikawa / fishbone diagram)

• Reflect causes that generate certain scenarios.
• Make “how and why” processes visible to support decision-making (e.g., productivity/efficiency improvements).

Venn diagram

• Show relationships among concepts using overlapping ovals/circles.
• Overlap reveals commonality; outside overlap indicates distinct notions.

Cobwebs (webs)

• Place a central idea in the middle circle.
• From the center, draw connecting lines to surrounding circles containing secondary information.
• Lines should not include text.
• Keep a hierarchical structure: the center is most relevant; surrounding elements are secondary.

Circle of ideas (concentric circles)

• Put the main topic in the center circle.
• Add outer circles breaking down information by a hierarchical order:
  • closer to the center = more general/broad
  • farther from the center = more detailed information

Constellation of words / ideas

• Start from a central concept.
• Link it with related notions while respecting a hierarchical order.
• The structure resembles a constellation distributed around the central concept.

Character map

• Place the character’s name (central value) in the middle.
• Add surrounding frames with the character’s most important traits and plot events.

Character in question (as described)

• The central element represents the character.
• Surrounding elements represent key characteristics and events.

Hierarchy / organization-oriented organizers

Schema (hierarchical schema)

• Present information hierarchically:
  • primary ideas first
  • then secondary, tertiary, etc.
• Can be arranged horizontally or vertically.

Hierarchical diagram (tree-like hierarchical diagram)

• Break down information using levels like a tree.
• Place data on predetermined levels; each level has its own characteristics/complexity.
• Used in organizations to show departments and subordination relationships.

Organization chart

• Used in companies to show:
  • functional dependencies
  • people responsible for tasks
  • overall structure and reporting/subordination relationships

Tree of ideas / problems

• Write the main theme in a large box.
• Add strips/branches to which participants attach squares/cards with ideas.
• Roots/trunk represent the main theme; branches hold problem-solving ideas (also described as “tree” form).

Brace / brace system (using braces)

• Use when subtopics contain many elements that may be moved visually.
• Braces reveal the hierarchical structure.

Comparison-focused organizers

T-chart style organizer (tea-shaped organizer)

• Split into two columns (one element per side).
• List characteristics to clearly identify common points vs differences.

Comparative chart

• Display values in columns.
• Quickly visualize differences and similarities.
• Number of columns depends on the number of elements being compared.

Process / step-by-step / flow-oriented organizers

Flowchart / activity diagram

• Reflect a process in detailed, progressive steps.
• Use conventional shapes for boxes depending on what you need to represent.
• Use arrows to indicate correct direction between steps.

Decision/support/argumentation organizers

Persuasion map

• Start with the goal to achieve.
• Break it down into specific motives to convince the audience.
• For each motive, list itemized arguments that reinforce it.
• Designed to help preparation for persuading a particular audience.

Narrative / storytelling organizers

Story map / story maps

• Divide a narrative into chapters arranged chronologically.
• Include specifics such as:
  • event locations
  • times
  • character names and traits
  • how the story unfolds
  • problems that arise and how they are resolved

Storyboard

• Express the passage of time within a story/process framework.
• Organize content into sequences differentiated by boxes or circles.

“By theme / categorization / knowledge” organizers

Main idea table

• Place the main idea at the “top/tabletop.”
• Put supporting elements in the “legs of the table.”
• Supporting elements act like arguments that influence/support the main idea.

Summary table

• Incorporate many pieces of information into necessary categories.
• Take a central element and determine the desired classifications.
• Uses elements like tables, circles/ovals, connectors, and can include:
  • descriptions
  • comparisons
  • lists

Summary table + comb organizer (comb)

• Based on a single main theme.
• Break down variant possibilities stemming from that root theme.
• Encourages creativity: more variants detected → more information obtained.

Temple of knowledge

• Roof = main idea
• Columns = supporting concepts connected to it (as many columns as needed)
• Similar to the main idea table but with a “temple” metaphor.

Info map

• Visually striking, usually dominated by many images.
• Can include diverse information (historical, geographic, social, biological, etc.).
• Disadvantage mentioned: often not deep information because graphics take up most space.

Mandala / oval mandalas

• Build a circular structure that can be divided as needed by categories.
• Divisions can appear as lines inside the circle or create additional circles within the main circumference.
• More complex structure, described as closer to how the brain processes information.

Speakers / sources featured

• No specific speakers, narrators, or external sources are identified in the provided subtitles.