1. H OW S TUDENTS C AN I DENTIFY S IMILARITIES AND D IFFERENCES Chapter 9

2. S IMILARITIES AND D IFFERENCES Present students guidance in identifying similarities and differences Ask students to independently identify them in the content Represent similarities and differences in graphic or symbolic form All of these enhance the student’s understanding of and ability to use knowledge. They can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Generalizing

3. R ECOMMENDATIONS Teach comparing, classifying, metaphors, and analogies Guide students at first and then gradually give less structure and guidance Give models Use familiar content Have students use graphic organizers TeachingVisuals

4. W ORD P ROCESSING A PPLICATIONS Use as a visual tool Can guide students Kidspiration Inspiration Microsoft Word Drawing toolbar Autoshapes (Venn Diagrams) Classification Tables (putting content into groups) Daily Analogies Puzzles Graphic OrganizersPrograms

5. S PREADSHEET S OFTWARE Comparison of dataMicrosoft Excel Spreadsheet Templates (teacher gets is ready and the students only have to plug in the data) Bar graphs Comparison Chart Scatter Plots SpreadsheetsPrograms

6. O RGANIZING AND B RAINSTORMING S OFTWARE Help students visually portray connections Help students experience new and deeper insights about the content Kidspiration (preK-5) Inspiration (intermediate and older students) Graphic OrganizersPrograms What to use in these programs Venn Diagrams Book Comparisons Graphic Templates Animal classification using pictures Word classification