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Concept Maps
Why use them
&
How to Construct them
Concept Maps
• Graphical Tools• Organizing & Representing Knowledge• Consist of:
– Concepts• Circles or Boxes
– Relationships between concepts• Line connecting concepts
– Linking words or phrases describing relationship
• Propositions– Two or more concepts connected using linking words
Concept Map Example
Concept Map
Structure• Hierarchically structured
– More General Concepts at the Top
– More Specific, less general at the Bottom
• Cross-Links– Shows how different
concepts are related to each other
Learning Theories• Hierarchical Structures
– Places new knowledge in a framework
• Progressive Differentiation– As understanding
increases• More concepts, ideas
(deeper)
• Integrative Reconciliation– Interrelationships
discovered between concepts
Another Concept Map Example
Psychological Foundations
• Discovery Learning– Up to 3 years of age– Match words with patterns in events and objects
• Reception Learning– New meaning is acquired by asking questions to
clarify relationships between old conceptions and new conceptions
• Meaningful Learning– Material must be conceptually clear– Learner must possess relevant prior knowledge– Learner must choose to learn meaningfully
Learning and Memory
• Complex set of interrelated systems– Short-Term Memory– Working Memory– Long-Term Memory– Motor System– Affective System
• Inputs (material to be learned)– Processed in Working Memory– Interacts with Knowledge in Long-term Memory
Working Memory
• Process only 5 – 9 units of information at a time– Relationships between 2 – 3 concepts are at
the limit of our Working Memory– Concept Maps help to extend Working
Memory
New Knowledge Creation
• A Constructive Process– Students Actively Construct their Own
Knowledge
How To Construct a Concept Map
• Constructing a Concept Map
Concept Mapping Program
• CmapTools Knowledge Modeling Kit– Downloaded at:
http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/– Or WebCT CmapTools
An Accounting Concept Map