concept mapping
Linking thoughts visually
Concept mapping is a technique for visually organizing information, showing relationships between ideas as labeled nodes connected by lines or arrows.
Used in education, brainstorming, and research to clarify thinking and reveal connections: Concept mapping helped students understand how the themes related to each other.
The resulting diagram is a concept map.
- note-takingRecording information while listening
- graphic organizerVisual arrangement of information
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- summarizationCondensing into key points
learning tool · nodes · metacognition · scaffolding · mindmap · project planning · constructivism · hierarchical structure · propositions · cross-links · connecting the dots · Novak · classification systems · active learning · visualization · big picture · categories · ideas
concept mappingbullet points
Marked summary elements
numbered lists · step-by-step instructions · table of contents · prose writing · flowcharts