This is great, just got a better idea of how to ask my Psych of Crime 
teams to report on how different types of theories (biological, 
sociological and psychological) fare (poor, mediocre, very well) when 
it comes to different criteria (explaining the fundamental data of 
criminology, predicting future offending behaviour of individuals, 
generating treatment possibilities, and being ideological palatable) 
and to include their rationale for their judgements and, most 
importantly, to incorporate their ranking of which criteria are most 
important when selecting a good theory (the deeper question).

Never could figure out how to get at all this info communicated 
clearly and in a way that was visually easy to understand at a 
glance, but a colourful line graph, with stickies and rankings 
underneath the X axis might just work and be fun.

Thanks!

jill



At 01:05 PM 9/23/2009, Sweet, Michael S wrote:
>Friends,
>
>I have long been a fan of "gallery walks" as ways teams can produce 
>complex-but-fast-and-visual materials for each other to critique and discuss.
>
>Given butcher paper, markers, and masking tape, teams can be asked 
>to draw chemical chains, concept maps, subjective timelines, and so 
>on.  However, I have only ever had a handful of options, so the "and 
>so on" in the preceding sentence has always been kind of a fraud.
>
>Until now.
>
>One of the teachers I am working with sent me this link to a 
>"Periodic Table of Visualization Methods."  Holy smokes!  Each of 
>the dozens of methods will show you an example if you hover over it 
>(some take a while to load), and they are labeled as Process 
>visualizations or Structure visualizations, each needing Convergent 
>or Divergent thinking.
>
>Zowee.  This is a real resource!
>
>It is here:  http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
>
>
>-M
>
>
>
>
>Michael Sweet, Ph.D.
>Faculty Development Specialist
>Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA)
>University of Texas Austin
>MAI 2206 * (512) 232-1775
>
>"Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions 
>possible." - Todd Witaker

<http://psyc.queensu.ca/psyc_people_06/faculty_pages06/atkinson.html>Jill 
L. Atkinson, PhD.
Associate Professor and
Chair of Undergraduate Studies
<http://psyc.queensu.ca/>Dept. of Psychology
<http://www.queensu.ca/homepage/>Queen's University
Kingston, ON  K7L 3N6

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