Organization

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ORGANIZATION – A GENERAL DESCRIPTION, COMMON PROBLEMS, AND SMART STRATEGIES

The two main types of organization are simultaneous and successive. Simultaneous organization is the process our brains use to organize information visually in space. Having a good "sense of direction" and being able to "see" how puzzle pieces fit together are two examples of simultaneous organization. Successive organization is the process our brains use to organize information in time and sequence. Concepts of time, dates, and order are examples of successive skills (yesterday, tomorrow; before, after; months of the year; word order in sentences).

While many of us may have a preference for one type of organization or the other, being good at one does not necessarily mean being bad at the other. Some people may be excellent at both types of organization, while others may be terrible at both!

Organization Vocabulary Terms

Analyze----To separate into parts or basic principles so as to determine the nature of the whole; examine methodically. For example, labeling the parts of a sentence (subject, verb, adjective, adverb, prepositional phrase, direct object, predicate nominative, etc.), breaking an assignment down into steps, dissecting a frog in biology class, breaking a long word into syllables, etc.

Order----Every part or piece in the right place. For example, an organized room, a completed jigsaw puzzle, a story told in the order in which the events happened, etc.

Successive----The order in which things happen; one thing coming after another in exact order; organization of information in steps or in a series. For example, the steps in tying a bow,the steps in a recipe, the events in history arranged in the in the order in which they happened, the steps in a chemistry experiment, etc.

Simultaneous----The arrangement of something in space. For example, how the furniture is arranged in your bedroom or how the buildings are arranged in a city.

Spatial...