Techniques in Organizing Information

• Techniques are approaches or methods that one may use to organize gathered information in order to accomplish one’s aim in writing.
• Brainstorming is a group activity technique by which efforts are made to find conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.
• Four types of brainstorming: Cubing, Looping, Mapping, Clustering
• Cubing


  In this brainstorming strategy, a topic or idea is examined in six (6) different viewpoints.
• Looping


  This involves writing without stopping Also referred to as FREE WRITING
• Mapping


  Generating individual ideas and illustrating their connectedness.
• Clustering


  It is used to generate a great number of ideas.
• A graphic organizer is a visual frame used to represent knowledge and understanding of a subject matter by arranging important aspects of a concept or topic into a logical pattern using labels.
• A Venn diagram consists of two (or sometimes as many as five) overlapping circle. It is used to help students compare and contrast two characters, settings, events, or other literary elements.
• A cause and effect map is used to show relationships of all factors (causes) that lead to the given situation (effect). It is usually preceded by cause and effect analysis.
• One of the organizers to promote critical thinking, a problem & solution map is applied in which problems and solutions for a problem are discussed.
• The compare and contrast matrix is used as a means of comparing different historical events, geographical regions, cultural and traditional differences or political systems.
• Sequential Maps - This type helps graphically represent the order of steps in a process, a timeline of events, etc
• Cyclical Diagrams - This graphic organizer shows how items are related to one another in a repeating cycle.
• Hierarchical Maps organize concepts from more general to more specific ones.
• TOPIC OUTLINE - This is an outline that uses parallel phrases for the heading all throughout.
• SENTENCE OUTLINE - It is a form of an outline that uses full sentences for its format
• OUTLINE - A general plan of what a person intends to write. This classifies each information and its connection to the topic or subject
• NUMBER LETTER FORMAT - Combination of numbers and letters in the structure of the outline
• DECIMAL OUTLINE FORMAT - This uses solely numbers in place of the number-letter structure