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

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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

Kinchin, I. M. (2016). Visualising Powerful Knowledge to Develop the Expert Student: A Knowledge Structures Perspective on Teaching and Learning at University. Springer.

Visualising Powerful Knowledge to Develop the Expert Student

Kinchin, I. M., Hay, D. B., & Adams, A. (2010). How a qualitative approach to concept map analysis can be used to aid learning by illustrating patterns of conceptual development. Educational Research, 42(1), 43-57.  https://doi.org/10.1080/001318800363908

How a Qualitative Approach to Concept Map Analysis can be Used to Aid Learning by Illustrating Patterns of Conceptual Development


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.

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