41. SEMANTIC FEATURE ANALYSIS (Writing, Discussion, Questioning)
Description: Semantic Feature Analysis uses a grid graphic organizer to help explore how a set of characteristics are related to one another.
Application: Use when sorting out the similarities and differences among a group of events, people, objects or ideas.
Process: Select a topic to be analyzed. In a whole class setting, allow students to list examples or ideas related to the topic. Guide the students by modeling how to format the chart. Direct them to put the elements in the list across the top row of the chart. Tell students to list in the leftmost column a few features or characteristics that some of the elements might have. Ask students to look at the cells in the grid and determine if the element has the feature. If it does, put a “+” in the grid. If it does not, put a “-.” Leave the box blank if the student is not sure. Request that when the students have completed the grid, they must write a summary of what they have learned, which must answer the following questions:
Description: Semantic Feature Analysis uses a grid graphic organizer to help explore how a set of characteristics are related to one another.
Application: Use when sorting out the similarities and differences among a group of events, people, objects or ideas.
Process: Select a topic to be analyzed. In a whole class setting, allow students to list examples or ideas related to the topic. Guide the students by modeling how to format the chart. Direct them to put the elements in the list across the top row of the chart. Tell students to list in the leftmost column a few features or characteristics that some of the elements might have. Ask students to look at the cells in the grid and determine if the element has the feature. If it does, put a “+” in the grid. If it does not, put a “-.” Leave the box blank if the student is not sure. Request that when the students have completed the grid, they must write a summary of what they have learned, which must answer the following questions:
- Which columns are similar to each other? What features do the elements in these columns have in common? Is there a name for the grouping of these elements? Could you create one?
- Which rows are similar to each other? What elements are tagged in the same way in those rows? What does this similarity tell you about these features?
- Which cells are still blank? Where can you go to find the information you will need to complete those cells?
Reference, graphics, and/or for more information:
41. Semantic Feature Analysis
http://www.adlit.org/strategies/22731/
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/guides/SFA.html
41. Semantic Feature Analysis
http://www.adlit.org/strategies/22731/
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/guides/SFA.html
