Human ecology
Mathematics education
Psychology of learning mathematics

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Concept maps

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General stuff on concept maps...

• Features of concept maps
• The hierarchical nature of concepts?
• PLM - Notes - 28-29/1/00
• An explanation of the use and construction of concept maps in ecology can be found in Miller (1996).
• Example - A classification of the processes involved in gas nets

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Bibliography...

• Kinchin, I.M. (1999) "Concept mapping in biology", Journal of Biological Education, 34(2), pp.61-68
• Miller (1996) "Living in the environment"

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Analogous structures...

• Graph theory also called network theory.
  • In geography, graph theory is used to assess transport routes and connectivity between towns. Whynne-Hammond (1979) "Elements of Human Geography", George Allen & Unwin, London
• Encyclopedia structure
  • Observations on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis - an encyclopedia of a concept map. This is also an example of a concept map expressed as hypertext.

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Created 3/2/00
Last modified 28/5/00