Concept map your life to check if you are doing what is meaningful to you
Have you ever made a concept map? If not, you may be missing out on one of the most widely used and effective learning tools available today. A concept map is a diagram that helps you visualize your own understanding of whatever subject matter you happen to be interested in.
Although concept mapping can be done in a variety of ways, the typical structure begins with a core concept at the center top of the diagram. A number of high-level sub-concepts are then connected to the central one by arrows, often with words that help specify how the connections works. Further down there may be multiple levels of sub-sub-concepts, directly or indirectly connected to the level(s) above. Here, for instance, is a very simple concept map about concept mapping (from this site):
Concept mapping is used at all levels of the educational curriculum, from elementary to graduate school, and its usefulness is limited only by the imagination of the user. For instance, I have drawn concept maps of technical papers I’ve read, or of books, or even of individual book chapters. In order to concept map a particular topic you have to understand it fairly…
