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 ===== What is concept mapping? =====
-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//).
+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//).(([[http://uwf.edu/jgould/ConceptMappingIntro.pdf|Novak, J. D. Introduction to concept mapping.]]))
-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", a specific kind of dog, would here be 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, these concepts are usually similar enough to enable people to successfully communicate and think in terms of concepts and change them over time.
-**Concept maps should help both sides in the educational process** to learn more meaningfully.
+Concepts maps were first meant to be used in science education. Today they are used in other areas as well, as they can help both teachers and students to learn more meaningfully. Concepts maps help a teacher identify and organize concepts he is about to teach. Concept maps drawn by the students give teachers insight to what the students already know, so he knows what should be learned next. Learning is manifested by adding new concepts to the existing framework of the concept map. This process is, according to Novak(([[http://uwf.edu/jgould/ConceptMappingIntro.pdf|Novak, J. D. Introduction to concept mapping.]])), often accompanied by positive feelings. Concepts maps also give students ability to organize and asses their own knowledge.
 Novak describes the concept map building process in following steps:

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