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"Concept maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge." "We could think of a concept map as a set of categories, and that the relationship between these categories is expressed through connections with linking phrases."

Concept Maps

Novak, J. D., & Cañas, A. J. (2008). The theory underlying concept maps and how to construct and use them. Chicago. 

The theory underlying concept maps and how to construct and use them

Cañas, A. J., Reiska, P., & Novak, J. D. (2016, September). Is My Concept Map Large Enough?. In International Conference on Concept Mapping (pp. 128-143). Springer International Publishing. 

Is My Concept Map Large Enough?

Similar in structure to causal diagrams (i.e. nodes with connections), except the connections are not causal. Nodes contain concepts are organized
in a hierarchy (such as in 1Cademy's knowledge graph).

Concept Mapping

Cañas, A. J., Reiska, P., & Novak, J. D. (2016, September). Is my concept map large enough?. In International Conference on Concept Mapping (pp. 128-143). Springer, Cham.

Is my concept map large enough?

- As knowledge generation tools,
- As multi-disciplinary integration tools,
- As learning tools, 
- As collaborative learning tools, 
- As evaluation tools,
 - As presentation tools,
- As Organizers,
- As conflict resolution tools,
- As communication tools,
- As indexing & navigational tools, 
- As data collection/interpretation tools,
- As search UI,
- As browsing UI,
- For knowledge elicitation & archiving.

Advantages of Concept Maps?

There are common patterns observed in educational concept map structure.
- Spokes
- Chains
- Nets
- Cyclic Maps

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