- Creating a concept map has allowed students to better understand the bigger picture (63% of students who created concept maps of race and ethnicity)
- Students use concept maps as an organizational aid when studying
- Concept maps are not focused on pure memorization, but more on analysis and creating which creates better understanding

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1. knowledge maps to deliver new information to students (Dansereau)
2. Studying CMs are advantages regardless of grade levels and the study subject both STEM and non-STEM subjects [nesbit2006learning]
3.  Studying CMs can enhance meaningful learning due to the reduction in Extraneous Cognitive Load [schroeder2018studying]. 
4. Concept maps in comparison to texts have fewer contextual details. This invokes meta-cognitive prompts to some extent as constructing a concept map [schroeder2018studying].


Concept maps improve reading comprehension

Laurie O. Campbell (2016) Concept Mapping: An “Instagram” of Students' Thinking, The Social Studies, 107:2, 74-80, DOI: 10.1080/00377996.2015.1124377

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