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- | Concept mapping presents the process of building concept maps. In order to successfully build concept maps, their terminology needs to be clarified. Novak defines concepts as "//patterns or regularities in events or objects//"(([[http://uwf.edu/jgould/ConceptMappingIntro.pdf|Novak, J. D. Introduction to concept mapping.]])), and objects as "//things//" and events as "//happenings//". | + | Concept mapping presents the process of building concept maps. In order to successfully build concept maps, their terminology needs to be clarified. Novak defines concepts as //patterns or regularities// in objects (//things//) or events (//happenings//). |
For example, the //concept// "dog" is formed by a set of common characteristics of dogs. "Chihuahua" is a specific kind of dog or an //object//. Every person has a different "dog" concept since the set of common characteristics forming it may vary from person to person and generally depends on experience, context and perspective. Still, usually these concepts are similar enough to enable people to successfully communicate. People also think in concepts and change them over time. | For example, the //concept// "dog" is formed by a set of common characteristics of dogs. "Chihuahua" is a specific kind of dog or an //object//. Every person has a different "dog" concept since the set of common characteristics forming it may vary from person to person and generally depends on experience, context and perspective. Still, usually these concepts are similar enough to enable people to successfully communicate. People also think in concepts and change them over time. |