“What is a concept map?

” by (Novak & Cañas,

2008)
An excellent concept map has:

HIGH CLARITY
CLEAR MESSAGE
COMMUNICATES KEY IDEAS

EXCELLENT MAPS ARE

EXPLANATORY, NOT
DESCRIPTIVE

Reference: Cañas, A. J., Novak, J. D., & Reiska, P. (2015). How good is my concept map?
Am I a good Cmapper? Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 7(1), 6–19
 Type of Concept Map

Spider Map Flowchart

When you have a single
For process chart or
concept or theme that you
decision making
want to develop further.

System map Hierarchy map

When you need to When you need to know what
understand the inner the components of a structure
workings of how a system
are, as well as which ones are
or team is functioning. in the highest and lowest
positions.
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