A concept map is a diagram showing the relationships among concepts. They are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge.
Concepts, usually represented as boxes or circles, are connected with labeled arrows in a downward-branching hierarchical structure. The relationship between concepts can be articulated in linking phrases such as "gives rise to", "results in", "is required by," or "contributes to".[1]
The technique for visualizing these relationships among different concepts is called "Concept mapping".
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions, and writing.
The elements of a given mind map are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts, and are classified into groupings, branches, or areas, with the goal of representing semantic or other connections between portions of information. Mind maps may also aid recall of existing memories.
By presenting ideas in a radial, graphical, non-linear manner, mind maps encourage a brainstorming approach to planning and organizational tasks. Though the branches of a mindmap represent hierarchical tree structures, their radial arrangement disrupts the prioritizing of concepts typically associated with hierarchies presented with more linear visual cues. This orientation towards brainstorming encourages users to enumerate and connect concepts without a tendency to begin within a particular conceptual framework.
The mind map can be contrasted with the similar idea of concept mapping. The former is based on radial hierarchies and tree structures denoting relationships with a central governing concept, whereas concept maps are based on connections between concepts in more diverse patterns.
Below are some different mind and concept maps I found on the learning place. An outside the square use I found for these sorts of tools is to create food webs and food chains in science; they lend themselves really well to this sort of thing.
Circle Map (35 K) - Type: MS Word file
Cyclic Flow chart
Cluster Map (32 K) - Type: MS Word file
Another way of organising research information
Concept Web (12 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
Build a concept by branching off into each sub heading. For example Narrative. Setting with who, when, where.
Flow Chart (20 K) - Type: MS Word file
Use a flow chart to show your thinking process,
where one word or thought connects to another.
Genre graphic organisers (93 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
Graphic organisers for the power genres, from the Pat Edgar website. They are extremely useful and necessary to give directions to students learning.
Jigsaw (26 K) - Type: MS Word file
Begin with small home groups, disperse into smaller groups as experts, and then return to home groups to report the new findings.
KWL (32 K) - Type: MS Word file
What I know . What I want to know . What I learned .
Matchmaking (24 K) - Type: MS Word file
To reinforce the meaning of subject-specific vocabulary
Mind Map (19 K) - Type: MS Word file
Write the words on the branches as visual pictures that reflect your knowledge of a topic. Use mind mapping for brain blooming what you know, reviewing and summarising.
Mind Web (20 K) - Type: MS Word file
Write your topic in the middle of the web and
write relating words at the end of each branch.
Continue to expand your ideas on each branch.
Placemat (23 K) - Type: MS Word file
Give each group a large sheet of paper and ask them to draw a large circle in the centre. The outside section is of the diagram is divided so that each person has an individual work area. Point out that the circle is for writing the group summary at the end of the activity. Continued
PMI (19 K) - Type: MS Word file
Draw a table to find the plus, minus and interesting points about a topic. Use it for organising your thinking, making decisions, brain blooming,
evaluating an experience or solving a problem.
Question Prediction (31 K) - Type: MS Word file
List questions and predict the answers or results that you would might expect. Refer at end of unit and see if you were right in your responses.
Response Journal (31 K) - Type: MS Word file
Students wrtie their Thoughts,Feelings and Questions about an issue or topic.
Retrieval Chart (25 K) - Type: MS Word file
A Retrieval Chart organises a number of categories, objects or topics, and enables them to be easily compared.
Similarities and Differences -Characters (30 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
Compare the Characters in a story by outlining their differences.
Venn Diagram (27 K) - Type: MS Word file
For differences and similarities between 2 topics
Y Chart (19 K) - Type: MS Word file
Helps to visualise thoughts, experiences and ideas.
Write points in each area of the chart.
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