8/2/07 2 Concept Map Concept Map • Graphic organizers that can be used to organize and represent knowledge and it encompassed – concepts – Linking phrases JOSEPH D. NOVAK Cornell University and University of West Florida, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
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Concept MapConcept Map
• Graphic organizersthat can be used toorganize andrepresent knowledgeand it encompassed– concepts– Linking phrases
JOSEPH D. NOVAK
Cornell University and Universityof West Florida, Institute for
Human and Machine Cognition
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Concept Map FeaturesConcept Map Features
• Facilitate criticalthinking by– Answering a focus
question– Representing concepts
in a hierarchicalstructure
– Searching andcharacterising newcross-links
JOSEPH D. NOVAK
Cornell University and Universityof West Florida, Institute for
Human and Machine Cognition
8/2/07 4
Example of a Concept MapExample of a Concept Map
Focus Question
Hierarchical Structure
Cross Links
Concept
Linking Phrase
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Concept MappingConcept Mapping
• Enables learners to:• Interrelate the ideas that
they are studying• Label the relationships
between concepts• Describe the nature of
the relationships betweenall of the ideas in thenetwork
Extracted fromhttp://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d43/glg/Study_Aids/concept_maps/conceptmaps.html on 29 Oct 2006.