{"id":438,"date":"2024-07-22T20:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/accessibleactivelearning\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2024-10-23T19:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T02:28:51","slug":"concept-mapping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/accessibleactivelearning\/concept-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Concept Mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Concept Mapping<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Before You Start:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Before reviewing the Optimization and Redesign sections for ideas about making changes to your activity, review the Activity Meta-objectives section and make sure the meta objectives of the activity you have chosen (in this case, Concept Mapping) are well aligned with the learning outcome of your lesson, and that the activity was, in the first place, the best choice for supporting your students in accomplishing your lesson outcome(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activity Description<\/h2>
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Concept mapping is an activity that can be done individually or in groups, where students organize and connect concepts or ideas using lines or arrows labeled with the relationships between them. In a concept map, concepts or ideas are represented by nodes, while the lines or arrows connecting these nodes illustrate their relationships. The process begins with brainstorming broad, big-picture ideas, from which students choose one as a starting point to link other terms and illustrate their connections. They then add “linking terms” to clarify and describe how the different ideas are related. These linking terms are important for seeing connections and relationships between different ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Activity Meta-Objectives<\/h2>
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What is the activity good at accomplishing and how does it accomplish that?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Below is a list of some of the things you can accomplish with your students using this active learning technique. Before making changes to the technique, check (and add to) all that the Concept Mapping activity is contributing to your students\u2019 learning experience and make sure you maintain those through the changes that you are making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n