Concept map
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What is a concept map ?A concept map is a diagram that represents information in a web where nodes and segments represent ideas and the relations between them.
example of a concept map HISTORY AND APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION SCIENCE"The technique of concept mapping was developed by Joseph D. Novak[6] and his research team at Cornell University in the 1970s as a means of representing the emerging science knowledge of students. It has subsequently been used as a tool to increase meaningful learning in the sciences and other subjects as well as to represent the expert knowledge of individuals and teams in education, government and business. Concept maps have their origin in the learning movement called constructivism. In particular, constructivists hold that learners actively construct knowledge. Novak's work is based on the cognitive theories of David Ausubel (assimilation theory), who stressed the importance of prior knowledge in being able to learn new concepts: "The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach accordingly."[7] Novak taught students as young as six years old to make concept maps to represent their response to focus questions such as "What is water?" "What causes the seasons?" In his book Learning How to Learn, Novak states that "meaningful learning involves the assimilation of new concepts and propositions into existing cognitive structures." (extract from Wikipedia article on Concept maps).
How does objectWiz uses the principles of concept mapping?Objectwiz must propose a graphical representation of the information that is suited for any datamodel. The diagram representation has been chosen because it was found the most natural to end-users (because it gives a graphical representation of an idea in its relation with the rest of the information). This choice makes the user interfaces generated by objectWiz look like concept maps. Actually, Objectwiz merely exposes the object diagram of the data. Links of reference : |
