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===== What is concept mapping? ===== | ===== What is concept mapping? ===== | ||
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**Concept maps should help both sides in the educational process** to learn more meaningfully. | **Concept maps should help both sides in the educational process** to learn more meaningfully. | ||
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Novak describes the concept map building process in following steps: | Novak describes the concept map building process in following steps: | ||
- | * **Identification of key concepts of the material** | + | * **Identify key concepts of the material** and list them or write them on pieces of paper to make them movable. |
- | * **Ranking the concepts** by placing most important ones at the top of the map | + | * **Rank the concepts** by placing most general ones at the top of the map with respect to the context of the matherial. |
- | * **Adding other concepts** under the main ones | + | * **Add other more specific concepts** under the more inclusive ones. |
- | * **Connection of concepts by lines and labeling** those connections with linking words | + | * **Connect concepts by labeled lines**. Labels should add meaning by defining relationships between connected concepts. |
- | * If desired **specific examples of concepts can also be added** below concept labels | + | * If desired, **specific examples of concepts can also be added** below concept labels |
+ | * If desired, change or reorganize the map in accordance with the newly noted relations between the concepts. Concept maps for the same topic can be organized in more possible ways. | ||
An example of a concept map about concept maps can be found [[http://cmap.ihmc.us/publications/researchpapers/theorycmaps/Fig1CmapAboutCmaps-large.png|here]]. | An example of a concept map about concept maps can be found [[http://cmap.ihmc.us/publications/researchpapers/theorycmaps/Fig1CmapAboutCmaps-large.png|here]]. |