Organization of Dots

Description of the instrument
Organization of Dots provides practice in projecting virtual relationships through tasks that require an individual to identify and outline given figures within a cloud of dots. The projection of a potential relationship requires that the learner search for meaning among otherwise separate phenomena. Through repeated practice and successful completion of progressively more difficult exercises, the instrument encourages task- intrinsic motivation and activates a variety of cognitive functions.

Cognitive functions developed

• Definition of the problem.
• Selection of dots that are relevant to the figure that is sought.
• Planning behavior.
• Hypothetical thinking and use of logical evidence.
• Summative behavior.

Mediation of sample task

Mediation of challenge is indicated in the sample task below, in which there are no given cues and the dots are numerous and close together. Mediation of a feeling of competence is important as the students compare strategies of solution. As in all tasks in Organization of Dots, there must be regulation and control of behavior.

Sample task

Spontaneous comparison of projected figure to the model.

Connect the dots so that the geometric figures in the first frame appear in each of the following frames. The Orientations of the figures may be different from the first frame. Some of the figures overlap.

©1996 R. Feuerstein, HWCRI.