Developing a Concept Map

As an issue of collective interest emerges, you can develop a concept map to show the terrain you want to study. Typically concept maps are drawn with labeled circles or boxes and arrows or lines showing the relationships between them.

 
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Use this tool to generate ideas about what you already know, what you think is happening, and/or your working theory about the situation. A concept map will help make visible your current thinking about the key areas of influence in the specific situation and the relationships among them.
 

To download “Sample Concept Map,” click file type: <.doc> <.pdf> <.ppt>

 
  To see a sample concept map, click on the image above.
 
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