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Concept mapping

Learn how to use concept maps for brainstorming, collaborating, teaching, and writing.

Using concept maps to support student learning

Using concept maps for assessment

Concept maps in the classroom

From Kathy Schrock:

Using concept mapping as an instruction tool
Suggestions for using concept maps in your teaching. Aslo includes links to specific types of concept maps and other examples.

Best tools and practices for concept mapping
Includes ideas for using concept maps in the classroom, recommended software, images and other resources.

From the University of Waterloo:

Rubric for assessing concept maps

Additional resources

Frisendal, T. (2012). How to Do Concept Mapping. In Design Thinking Business Analysis (pp. 61–80). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Kane, M. (2007). Concept mapping for planning and evaluation. Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London: SAGE.

Popova-Gonci, V., & Lamb, M. C. (2012). Assessment of Integrated Learning: Suggested Application of Concept Mapping to Prior Learning Assessment Practices. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 60(3), 186–191. doi:10.1080/07377363.2012.726175.

Villalón, J. J., & Calvo, R. A. (2011). Concept maps as cognitive visualizations of writing assignments. Educational Technology & Society, 14(3), 16-27.