Review of Article on Graphic Organizers in Science Education

This report presents a critical review of an article focusing on the application of graphic organizers in formative assessment, particularly within the context of science education. The article highlights the importance of formative assessment and the challenges teachers face in effectively gauging student understanding throughout the learning process. It emphasizes the use of various graphic organizers, such as concept maps, cyclical organizers, hierarchical organizers, and conceptual organizers, to enhance assessment practices. The review agrees with the article's emphasis on continuous assessment and advocates for the integration of innovative tools like graphic organizers to improve assessment quality. The report also touches upon the specific application of graphic organizers like Compare/Contrast, KWL, and Venn Diagrams in science education to assess students' understanding of scientific concepts, such as the properties of matter and the relationship between mixtures and compounds, and the use of hierarchical graphic organizers to break down concepts into subconcepts.

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Article Review
The paper presents a critical, but brief review of the article “Using graphic organizers as
formative assessment.” This article is purely about the application of graphic organizers in the
administration of formative assessment to the learners. The author is concerned about the
loopholes in the administration of formative assessment. Although the teachers deliver an
effective summative assessment, they find it challenging to assess the performance and
understanding of their learners in the course of the study. That is why the article recommends the
use of concept maps, cyclicalgraphic organizers, hierarchical graphic organizers, and conceptual
graphic organizers by all the teachers.
The most interesting part of the article is that the teachers who preside over the teaching
and learning process know how to teach and conduct a summative assessment, but lack
knowledge on the administration of formative assessment. It is amusing, surprising, and
unbelievable that the same instructors who teach the content cannot effectively assess the same
content that they teach their learners. Many people do assume that all the teachers are trained on
how to teach and assess the learners so as to determine the extent to which the objectives are
accomplished both in the course and at the very end of the term.

Surname 2
I agree with the article for emphasizing that the teaching and learning process should end
with an assessment. A good teacher should teach and assess the learners so as to gauge their
mastery of the content. As the article demonstrates, the assessment process should be continuous.
A good teacher should know how to administer a formative assessment for each specific lesson
as well as an end of term assessment for the entire term’s program. However, for the assessment
to be perfect, the teachers should take advantage of novel innovations like the graphic organizer.
It can improve the quality of the assessment.