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Retrieval Chart Strategy

Like mind maps and concept maps, retrieval charts are highly effective graphic organisers to help structure students’ thinking. The visual format uses as few words as possible when collating, sorting, classifying, comparing and contrasting brainstormed information and surveyed data. They can be used for a variety of purposes, for example, to keep track of related ideas/thoughts from a brainstorming session, for organising information about a topic, or to compare and contrast a variety of criteria on a given topic.

In the design process, retrieval charts are particularly useful for exploring and defining the task, unpacking the design brief, organising and analysing data, identifying and evaluating existing solutions, identifying needs and opportunities. (Source: NSW DET)

Process (Source: Understanding Faith)

This activity is a graphic organiser which is used to categorise data.

• Retrieval charts are varied depending on the number of key concepts relevant to the topic.

• The headings determine the number of the columns for the table, and the number of rows depends on the scope of the information.

• Students in groups of three or four complete the table.

Topic Focus	Source	Description	Critical Analysis	My Knowledge & Understanding

OR

For analysing an article, you might use the following:

Topics: Main Secondary	Description	Facts & Figures	Critical Analysis	My Knowledge,  Understanding & Questions

 

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Examples of Retrieval Chart Strategy in On the Job

#TC means that The Conversation is used as stimulus material.

Croupier	How Macau became the world's casino capital #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart Strategy
Fire Behaviour Analyst	Australia's Black Summer: An analysis #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart Strategy
Police Officer	Blood on the Wattle #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart Strategy & Circle the Sage
Pyrotechnician	The Science of Fireworks #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart Strategy
Sports Doctor	Get a Grip! Tennis Wrist Pain #TC Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart Strategy
Surveyor	How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry - 1000 years before the Greeks #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart Strategy
Wind Turbine Technician	The Science behind frozen wind turbines #TC Secondary Lesson Strategy: Retrieval Chart Strategy