The mind map and concept map
The mind map and concept map are among the most important ideal tools for the twenty-first century, and they are among the most successful methods that can be used by the teacher or the student during the teaching process. These maps combine images and words, and facilitate the educational process. Some may think that concept map and mind map are two terms for one thing, but there is a difference between them.
In this article, we will recognize the concept map and the mental map.
Concept maps are diagrams that connect concepts to each other through lines and arrows, and include writing keywords organized in shapes such as circles, squares, triangles, and others.
Its forms: sequential, circular, cause and effect, stellar, hierarchical methods
As for the mind map, it is a means of expressing ideas through drawings and expressive images, where the main idea is written in the middle of the paper and ideas branch out from it and these branch out into new branches
Its shape is like a neuron, a nucleus of which branches are distributed
The difference between a mind map and a concept map:
- The mind map focuses on a specific topic and expands into subtopics, while a concept map can contain subheadings and at the same time branch out into new branches separately.
- Concept maps are more practical in describing specific concepts as they illustrate complex relationships, and use action verbs to illustrate relationships between arrows such as cause, lead, and others.
- The mind map is more simplified than the concept map, but the concept map is more general and comprehensive.
- Both maps help us to analyze, brainstorm, understand, evaluate and invent new and creative ideas, and they are used by the teacher in teaching, assessment, thinking, planning and evaluation.
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