1. EDU 590
CHAPTER 4: Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
“Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works.”
by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn and Kim Malenoski
Central Michigan University

2. Chapter Four – Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
 Planning
Question: Suggested Technology:
Which Strategies
Will Help 3. Word Processing Applications
Students 4. Spreadsheet Software
Acquire and
5. Organizing & Brainstorming
Integrate
Software
Learning?
 Learning 6. Multimedia
Strategies:
Cues, Questions,
and Advance
Organizers

3. Chapter Four – Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
Cues, Questions, and Advance
Organizers
McREL’s research supports the
following generalizations:
4.Should focus on important higher-level cues, questions, and
advance organizers.
5.Different types of organizers produce different results.
6.Waiting briefly before
accepting responses
increases depth of
students’ answers.
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4. Chapter Four – Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
Cues, Questions, and Advance
Organizers:
McREL’s Recommendations:
3.Use expository and narrative advance organizers.
4.Teach students skimming.
5.Use explicit cues.
6.Ask analytic questions.
7.Ask questions that elicit
inferences.
8.Teach how to use
graphic advance organizers.
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5. Chapter Four – Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
 Planning
Question: Word Processing Applications:
Which Strategies  Word processing programs are
Will Help extremely versatile and have great tool
Students Acquire to create advance organizers, whether it
and Integrate be expository, narrative, or graphic.
Learning?  Insert Table to create a note-taking
 Learning
Strategies: template to help students organize their
thoughts and essential information.
Cues, Questions,
and Advance
Organizers

6. Chapter Four – Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
 Planning
Question: Spreadsheet Software:
Which Strategies  Allows the creation of rubrics which
Will Help prepare students to apply their
Students Acquire abilities, knowledge, and critical
and Integrate thinking skills.
Learning? ◦ Combine expository information with
 Learning artistic narrative organizers.
Strategies:
Cues, Questions,
and Advance
Organizers

7. Chapter Four – Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
 Planning
Question: Organizing and
Which Strategies Brainstorming Software:
Will Help  Use software, like Kidspiration, to
Students Acquire provide students with a
and Integrate straightforward preview of what they
Learning?
will be learning that day, ex: Figure
 Learning
4.1.
Strategies:
◦ Create analytic questions.
Cues, Questions,
and Advance ◦ Create an advanced organizer with
Organizers vocabulary terms and concepts.
 Create a brainstorming web before
diving into the lesson that day, pose
an analytic question.

8. Chapter Four – Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
 Planning
Question: Multimedia:
Which Strategies  Extension of expository, narrative,
Will Help and graphic advance organizers.
Students Acquire ◦ United Streaming (
and Integrate www.unitedstreaming.com), The Internet
Learning? Archive (www.archive.org), Google Video
 Learning (http://video.google.com), A9 (
Strategies: http://a9.com), Creative Commons (
http://creativecommons.org), etc.
Cues, Questions,
and Advance  Creative engaging advance organizer
Organizers and allow for practice.