advanced organizers
verbal or written information presented to students before a lecture or other teaching session to enhance their attentiveness and information acquisition in the subsequent lecture. The purposes are (a) to promote an initial understanding of the content, (b) to familiarize students with the way in which information is to be presented, and (c) to identify the purposes for learning the subsequent material. Schematic representations, templates, and prior knowledge information processing are ways of enhancing advanced organization.