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Concept Mapping????
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What is Concept Mapping ?

• Concept mapping is a technique for representing
  knowledge in graphs.
• This technique was developed by Prof. Joseph D.
  Novak at Cornell University in the 1960s.
• This work was based on the theories of David
  Ausubel, who stressed the importance of prior
  knowledge in being able to learn about new
  concepts.

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What is Concept Mapping (continued)?

• Concept Mapping is the process of identifying
  important concepts, arranging those concepts
  spatially, identifying relationships among those
  concepts, and labeling the nature of the semantic
  relationships among those concepts.

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The Components of Concept Mapping

• Knowledge graphs consist of
• nodes (points/vertices)
• links (arcs/edges).
• Nodes represent concepts or ideas
• Links represent the relations between concepts

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A concept map example
Another one In Chinese using Inspiration 7.5
Source http//www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index
.cfm?fuseactionconcept_maps
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Why Concept Mapping?

• Resource
• http//www.bath.ac.uk/dacs/cdntl/ConceptMaps/x-kao
  s-cmap/ConceptMapNoVideo.html

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Declarative vs. Procedural Knowledge

• DK represents awareness of some object, event, or
  idea (knowing that). It is what you remember.
• PK is the knowledge is the knowledge of how to
  use DK how to solve problems, form plans, and
  make decisions and arguments (knowing how). It is
  what you know how to do.
• It is not enough to know that. In order to know
  how, you must know why.

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Structural Knowledge

• SK represents an intermediate type of knowledge,
  it connects declarative and procedural knowledge.
  SK is the knowledge of how the ideas within a
  domain are integrated and interrelated. It
  provides the conceptual bases for knowing why.

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Concept Mapping and Structural Knowledge

• Concept mapping is a mindtool that can enhance
  the interdependence of declarative and procedural
  knowledge to produce yet another form of
  knowledge representation known as structural
  knowledge
• (Jonassen, 2000).

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It can be used to

• generate ideas (brain storming, etc.)
• design a complex structure (long texts,
  hypermedia, large web sites, etc.)
• communicate complex ideas
• aid learning by explicitly integrating new and
  old knowledge
• assess understanding or diagnose
  misunderstanding.

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Concept Map and Learning

• Study Guide
• Concept maps organize, enhance and encourage
  understanding.
• They help students learn new information having
  them integrate each new idea into their existing
  body of knowledge.
• Reflection and Integration
• Concept maps are ideal for measuring the growth
  of student learning.
• As students create concept maps, they reiterate
  ideas using their own words.
• Misdirected links or wrong connections alert
  educators to what students do not understand.
• Planning
• Group Project
• Organizing ideas

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Steps in Making a Concept Map

• Make a plan and set perspective for analyze a
  domain.
• Identify the most general, intermediate, and
  specific concepts.
• Begin drawing the concept map
• Concepts are circled
• Place the most general concepts at the top
• Place intermediate concepts below general
  concepts
• Put specific concepts on bottom
• Draw lines between related concepts.
• Label the lines with "linking words" to indicate
  how the concepts are related.
• Revise the map.

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Activity 1Construct a concept map for your
project

• Form a small group (1 - 4 participants)
• Discuss your group project (Authorware)
• Identify and select the key concepts in the
  chosen topic
• Rank the concepts from the most abstract and
  inclusive to the most concrete and specific.
• Link the concepts by propositions to construct a
  concept map

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Semantic Networking Tool

• An Example - Inspirations
• assists you and your students in
• Brainstorming
• Planning
• Organizing
• Outlining
• Prewriting
• Diagramming
• Concept Mapping
• Webbing

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Advantages of Computer Support for Concept
Mapping

• Ease of adaptation and manipulation
• Dynamic Linking
• Conversion
• Communication
• Storage

Also see Visual learning
http//www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm
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Activity 2Construct a concept map with
Computer-based Semantic Networking Tool

• Download the trial version of Inspiration
• Install the software in your computer
• Construct the concept map constructed in Activity
  1 with Inspiration