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* concept mapping is a general method for knowledge representation and does not have to be associated exclusively with Ausubel's assimilation theory | * concept mapping is a general method for knowledge representation and does not have to be associated exclusively with Ausubel's assimilation theory | ||
* concept maps do not have to be hierarchical (for example cyclic concept maps(([[http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/Cyclic%20Concept%20Maps.pdf|Safayeni, F., Derbentseva, N., & Cañas, A. J. Concept maps: A theoretical note on concepts and the need for cyclic concept maps. Manuscript submitted for publication. 2003.]]))) | * concept maps do not have to be hierarchical (for example cyclic concept maps(([[http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/Cyclic%20Concept%20Maps.pdf|Safayeni, F., Derbentseva, N., & Cañas, A. J. Concept maps: A theoretical note on concepts and the need for cyclic concept maps. Manuscript submitted for publication. 2003.]]))) | ||
+ | * a good concept map should have only one instance of each concept, which was not the rule in some Novak's works, sometimes due to a too large number of links connecting a certain concept | ||
+ | * sometimes it is useful to suggest a way of reading a concept map (for example top to bottom or bottom to top) | ||
Another important property of concept maps is that learning through adding new concept to them is inherently **meaningful learning**, since it establishes clear connections with the existing knowledge. **Rote learning** on the other hand is the result of **lack of established connections** to prior knowledge and forgetting of the learned information in 4-6 weeks(([[http://uwf.edu/jgould/ConceptMappingIntro.pdf|Novak, J. D. Introduction to concept mapping.]])). | Another important property of concept maps is that learning through adding new concept to them is inherently **meaningful learning**, since it establishes clear connections with the existing knowledge. **Rote learning** on the other hand is the result of **lack of established connections** to prior knowledge and forgetting of the learned information in 4-6 weeks(([[http://uwf.edu/jgould/ConceptMappingIntro.pdf|Novak, J. D. Introduction to concept mapping.]])). |