Most of all, it has almost immediate impact on students' success in BOTH content learning and in the development of literacy skills and strategies. The Frame graphic organizer can be particularly beneficial to many students with learning disabilities, as well as most individuals, because it shows the organization or structure of concepts as well as relationships among concepts. The device makes more clear what it is students are expected to learn. Each item on the graphic can serve as a link to remembering related information discussed in class but not noted on the graphic. Thus, the information students remember when graphic organizers are used when teaching is often much more than the sum of the items depicted on the graphic.
Frames can be powerful teaching tools because they also reduce the cognitive demands on the learner.
In the absence of visual aids like graphic organizers, the learner has to both comprehend the information and determine how it is organized. Graphic organizers clearly show how the information is organized, so the learner does not have to process as much semantic data to understand the information. After the information has been effectively organized on graphics, very powerful higher-order thinking instructional activities can follow. Organizing information onto the Frame allows you to implement a variety of robust activities that otherwise might not be possible. For example, when the information is clearly organized, a wide array of instructional activities can be employed to extend students' understanding of important concepts.