CONCEPT MAP VS MIND MAPMurali Loganathan
http://cognitivenoise.wordpress.com/
April 2010
WHAT ARE MIND MAPS? EXAMPLE
WHAT ARE CONCEPT MAPS?
PURPOSE OF CONCEPT MAPS
KnowledgeRepresentationPreservation
Sharing and ConversingDecision makingRevealing skills
ELEMENTS
“User friendly” expressions of meaning
Node represent a concept with just a few words. Concepts are related to one another meaningfully by labeled links.
Node-link-node triad form propositions, i.e. they can be read as “stand alone” simple and meaningful expressions.
All morphologies
Nodes in graphical form
No Label to the links
Cannot form propositions
Linear Morphologies only
Concept Map Mind Map
VERY BRIEF THEORY
Meaningful Learning Differentiation and Subsumption Assimilation and Accommodation
Psychology Visual Reasoning and comprehension
Education Teaching
STEPS INVOLVED IN CREATING A CONCEPT MAP
1: Select the domain and focus 2: Set up “parking lot” and arrange the
concepts 3: Begin to link the concepts 4: Refine the Concept Map 5: Look for new relations and further refine 6: Build the Knowledge Model
EXAMPLE: WHY ARE WE FILLING TIME SHEETS?1: SELECT THE DOMAIN AND FOCUS2: SET UP “PARKING LOT” AND ARRANGE THE CONCEPTS
EXAMPLE: WHY ARE WE FILLING TIME SHEETS? 3: BEGIN TO LINK THE CONCEPTS4: REFINE THE CONCEPT MAP
TYPES OF LINKS
causal (leads to, produces) explanation (is a reason for) nominal (known as) property (consists of, has) procedure (results in, done by, way to do) probable (likely, always) event (comes before)
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