This document discusses different types of visual symbols that can be used for teaching, including drawings, cartoons, strip drawings, diagrams, charts, graphs, and maps. It provides examples of each type of visual symbol and explains how they can be used to represent concepts in an engaging way. Diagrams are broken down into types like affinity diagrams, tree diagrams, and fishbone diagrams. Charts include time charts, tree charts, flow charts, organizational charts, Pareto charts, and Gantt charts. Graphs include pie graphs, bar graphs, and pictorial graphs. Maps are also categorized into physical, relief, commercial/economic, and political maps. The document emphasizes that visual symbols can help make abstract concepts more concrete and
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1. TEACHING WITH
VISUAL SYMBOL
visual symbols will be made meaningful if
we can use them as summaries of our own
direct experiences or our own rich indirect
experiences a little can stand for a lot
2. VISUAL SYMBOL
- representation of signs and
symbols. Visual symbol include
drawings, cartoons, strip
drawings, diagrams, formulas,
charts, graphs, maps, globes.
4. A. DRAWING
- A drawing may not be
the real thing but better to
have a concrete visual aid
than nothing. To avoid
confusion, it is good that our
drawing correctly represents
the real thing.
6. B. CARTOONS
- Another useful visual symbol that
can bring novelty to our teaching is
the cartoon. A first rate cartoon
tells its story metaphorically. The
perfect cartoon needs no caption.
The less the artist depends on
words, the more effective the
symbolism. The symbolism conveys
the message.
8. C. STRIP DRAWINGS
These are commonly called comics
or comic strip. Dale (1969) asserts
that a more accurate term is strip
drawings. Make use of strips that are
educational and entertaining at the
same time.
10. D. DIAGRAMS
It is any line drawing that shows
arrangement and relations as of
parts to the whole, relative values,
origins and development,
chronological fluctuations,
distribution.
12. AFFINITY DIAGRAM
Used to cluster complex apparently unrelated
data into natural and meaningful groups.
14. TREE DIAGRAM
- Used to chart out increasing detail, the various task
that must be accomplished to complete a project.
15. FISHBONE DIAGRAM
- It is also called cause-and-effect diagram. It is most
commonly used to analyze work-related problems.
16. E. CHARTS
Is a diagrammatic representation
of relationships among
individuals within an
organization.
17. TIME CHART
- Is a tabular time chart that presents
data in ordinal sequence.
18. TREE OR STREAM CHART
- Depicts development, growth, and change by beginning with a
single course which spreads out into many branches; or beginning
with many tributaries which then coverage into single channel.
19. FLOW CHART
- Is a visual way of charting or showing a process from
beginning to end. It is means of analyzing a process.
20. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
- Shows how one part of the organization relates to
other parts of the organization.
22. PARETO CHART
- Is a type of bar chart, prioritized in descending order
of magnitude or importance from left to right. It
shows a glance which factors are occurring most.
30. PHYSICAL MAP combines in a single
projection data like altitude, temperature,
rainfall, precipitation, vegetation, and soil.
RELIEF MAP- has three dimensional
representations and show contours of the
physical data of the earth or part of the
earth.
MAPCOMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC also
called product or industrial map since they
show land areas in relation
31. POLITICAL MAP- gives detailed
information about country, provinces,
cities, and towns, roads and
highways. Oceans, rivers and lakes are
the main features of most political
maps.
32. SUBMITTED BY :
JERIC SIRINGAN
GLADYS SORIANO
LOIDA SUGUITAN
ANGELECA SIBBALUCA
SUBMITTED TO:
MR. CHRISTOPHER TULAUAN