Frayer Model
(Frayer et. al., 1969)
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Purpose
Purpose
The Frayer Model is a graphic organizer that can be used across content areas to increase conceptual knowledge and vocabulary knowledge. Students can use this template to display examples and non-examples, definitions, and characteristics that are associated with the concept and/or term. This tool can be used as a study strategy to help students understand newly learned information.
Rationale
Rationale
The Frayer model helps students conceptualize their understanding of key vocabulary terms and abstract ideas.
Steps of the Strategy
Steps of the Strategy
Create a template or use a pre-made template.
If you are creating the template, fold your paper into fourths.
Make a circle in the center of your paper with the vocabulary term inside.
On the upper right-hand corner write: Characteristics/Facts
On the upper left-hand corner write: Definition
On the bottom right-hand corner write: Non-examples
On the bottom left-hand corner write: Examples
Fill out each section of the Frayer Model with the necessary information.
Generalization Plan
Generalization Plan
To promote generalization and understand concepts and terms in both isolation and in context, students can define the word, write characteristics and facts about it, and provide a few examples and non-examples. Understanding what something is not, sometimes helps a student grasp what it actually is. During a lesson on text structure, students can create a Frayer Model for compare and contrast, problem and solution, description, and sequence. This will help students distinguish between them when presented with paragraphs and short stories.
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