Lesson 13 Teaching With Visual Symbols (EDUC Subject, can't remember)

Lesson 13 Teaching

with Visual Symbols

“Visual Symbols will be made meaningful if we can use them as summaries of our own direct experiences or our own rich indirect experiences… A little can stand for a lot!”

Abstraction“…graphs and

images are worth a thousand words…”

Visual Symbols

1. Drawings may not be the real thing but it is better to have a concrete visual aid than nothing. it is good that our drawing correctly represents the real thing to avoid confusion.

2. Cartoons tells a story metaphorically,

a perfect cartoon needs no caption. The lesser the artist depends on words, the more effective the symbolism.

3. Strip Drawings commonly called comics or comic strips, these tell of very short stories with pictures. These can serve as motivation and starter for the lesson.

4. Diagram any line drawing that shows arrangement and relations as of parts to the whole, relative values, origins and development, chronological fluctuations, distribution and many more.” (Dale, 1969)

Types of Diagrams

Affinity Diagram used to cluster apparently unrelated data into natural and meaningful groups.

Tree Diagram used to chart out, in increasing detail, the various tasks that must be accomplished to complete a project or achieve an objective.

Possible Outcomes When Three Coins are Tossed

Fishbone Diagram

also called cause-and-effect diagram, it is a structured form of brainstorming that graphically shows the relationship of possible causes to identify effect or solution

Fishbone Diagram of the Causes of Blurry Photos

5. Charts a diagrammatic

representation of relationships among individuals within an organization.

Types of Charts

Time Chart a tabular time chart that presents data in ordinal sequence

Geologic Time Chart

Tree/Stream Charts

depicts development, growth and change by beginning with a single course which spread out into many branches.

Genealogical Tree

Flow Chart a visual way of charting or showing a process from beginning to end, this is a means of analyzing a process. This involves outlining every step in a process.

Organizational Chart

this shows how one part of the organization relates to other parts of the organization.

Comparison and Contrast Chart

this is a chart in table form that shows the similarities and differences of two compared data or object.

Pareto Chart a type of bar chart, prioritized in descending order of magnitude or importance from left to right

Gannt Chart this is an activity time chart which shows the days/period to do an activity and the activities to be done.

6. Graphs Images which come in varied forms that visually show data making one person seeing it compare.

Types of Graphs

Pie or Circle Graph

this type of graph is circle in form and is recommended to show parts of a whole.

Bar Graph this type of graph is used in comparing the magnitude of similar items at different ties or seeing relative sizes of the parts of the whole.

Pictograph this makes use of symbols or pictures which serves as representations of an amount or a number. The symbol or picture used is called a LEGEND.

Graphic Organizers

graphics that help in the organization of the content or the subject matter therefore making it easier to understand

7. Maps this is “a representation of the surface of the earth or some part of it…” (Dale, 1969)

Kinds of Maps

Physical Map combines in a singe projection data like altitude, temperature, rainfall, precipitation, vegetation and soil.

Relief Map a three-dimensional representation, this shows contours of the physical data of the earth or part of the earth

Economic Map also called COMMERCIAL MAP, this map shows land areas in relation to the economy

Political Map this map shows detailed information about countries, provinces, cities and towns and roads and highways. It also features oceans, rivers and lakes.

Map Language

Scale expressed in words and figures, this shows how much of the actual earth’s surface is represented by a given measurement on a map.

Symbols these are mere lines or traces which represent a certain feature. These are recognized by the LEGEND.

Colors these represent the place and its boundaries

Geographic Grids the entire system of these grids are called GRID LINES which are of two kinds:

meridian – a north to south pole line parallel – lines drawn around a globe with all points along each line with an equal distance from the pole

Other Measurements

LONGITUDE – the distance in degrees of any place east or west of the prime meridian LATITUDE – the distance in degrees of any place north or south of the equator

END OF LESSON 13

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