Learner concept maps

Concept mapping is a flexible technique that can be used for teacher planning, diagnostic assessment and formative assessment, as a research technique for exploring people's thinking, as a learning or revision activity or for 'brainstorming' as for example in project work.

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The following are offered as examples of concept maps drawn by learners. The copyright in each image is owned by its creator, and I am grateful for the learners concerned allowing their work to be used to inform teaching.


Jagdish year 1
Chemical bonding – Jagdish, first year A level student

Jagdish was a participant in the Understanding Chemical Bonding project. (This map can be compared with the map she drew in the following year of her course, below.)


Jagdish year 2
Chemical bonding – Jagdish, second year A level student

Jagdish was a participant in the Understanding Chemical Bonding project. (This map can be compared with the map she drew in the previous year of her course, above.)


Lovesh - year 2
Chemical bonding – Lovesh, second year A level student

Lovesh was a participant in the Understanding Chemical Bonding project.


Quoresh - year 2
Mulitple bonding – Quoresh, second year A level student

Quorat was a participant in the Understanding Chemical Bonding project.