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Standards Based Social Studies: Graphic Organizers and Rubrics
Standards Based Social Studies Graphic Organizers and Rubrics Author:Imogene Forte, Sandra Schurr Graphic organizers are an important component of educational programs nationwide. Graphic organizers can be used to provide visual organization, develop scope and sequence, furnish a plan or design, clarify a point, and document a process or series of events. — Rubrics provide an instrument for authentic assessment, which gives educators a more r... more »ealistic picture of gains made, facts learned, and amount of information processed and retained. With rubrics, emphasis is placed more on the processing of concepts than the simple recall of facts. This provides both teachers and students with the most effective method of gauging both skill and content mastery.
The Tasks, exercises, and resources in this will provide valuable instruction and the assessment tools necessary to implement effective and measurable student-centered instruction in any elementary level social studies class.« less