Novakian mapping

1. JALTCALL June 6, 2009 Novakian mapping Lawrie Hunter Kochi University of Technology http://www.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/hunter/ lawrie_hunter@kochi-tech.ac.jp

2. In September 2008 the 3rd International Conference on Concept Mapping was held in Tallinn and Helsinki <http://cmc.ihmc.us/>

3. The age of GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

4. Joseph Novak: Concept mapping ANIMALS M O R E S P E C I F I C can be INVERTEBRATE VERTEBRATE mostly can be are COLDBLOODED WARMBLOODED ARTHROPODS can be insulated with TERRESTRIAL MARINE FUR FEATHERS e.g. crabs, lobsters e.g. sheep,cats e.g. robins, penguins e.g. beetles,flies This slide courtesy of Ian Kinchin

5. When is a map Novakian? “The basic Novakian concept map... usually starts with a general concept at the top of the map, and then works its way down ... to more specific concepts. Abrams, R. An Overview of Concept Mapping. In Meaningful Learning: A Collaborative Literature Review of Concept Mapping. Retrieved March 18, 2008 at http://www2.ucsc.edu/mlrg/clr-conceptmapping.html

6. When is a map Novakian? “The basic Novakian concept map... usually starts with a general concept at the top of the map, and then works its way down ... to more specific concepts. Concepts are placed in [boxes]... Abrams, R. An Overview of Concept Mapping. In Meaningful Learning: A Collaborative Literature Review of Concept Mapping. Retrieved March 18, 2008 at http://www2.ucsc.edu/mlrg/clr-conceptmapping.html

7. When is a map Novakian? “The basic Novakian concept map... usually starts with a general concept at the top of the map, and then works its way down ... to more specific concepts. Concepts are placed in [boxes]... Lines are drawn from a concept to a linking word to a concept. Abrams, R. An Overview of Concept Mapping. In Meaningful Learning: A Collaborative Literature Review of Concept Mapping. Retrieved March 18, 2008 at http://www2.ucsc.edu/mlrg/clr-conceptmapping.html

8. When is a map Novakian? “The basic Novakian concept map... usually starts with a general concept at the top of the map, and then works its way down ... to more specific concepts. Concepts are placed in [boxes]... Lines are drawn from a concept to a linking word to a concept. Sequences of concepts and linking words do not always form grammatically correct sentences.” Abrams, R. An Overview of Concept Mapping. In Meaningful Learning: A Collaborative Literature Review of Concept Mapping. Retrieved March 18, 2008 at http://www2.ucsc.edu/mlrg/clr-conceptmapping.html

9. When is a map Novakian? http://cmap.ihmc.us/

10. Novakian maps (Novak & Cañas, 2006) are type 3 maps, having textured link dyadic elements. Associational Directed link Textured directed link

11. Argument mapping Information structure mapping Syntactic mapping Grammatical mapping (pseudo) Association mapping Novakian maps (Novak & Cañas, 2006) can be used at any level of abstraction. Figure: quantum levels of abstraction. From Hunter (2007)

12. Novakian maps (Novak & Cañas, 2006) are type 3 maps, having textured link dyadic elements. The rules of operation for Novakian maps may be defined as: Rectangles (nodes) contain concepts. Rectangles are joined by labeled lines (propositions). Propositions are usually uni-directional. The label in the middle of a proposition is called a linking phrase.

13. from FLEXIBLE CONCEPT MAPPING (CMC proceedings 2008) by Alfredo Tifi, ITIS "E. Divini" San Severino Marche (MC, Italy) – WWMAPS Antonietta Lombardi, Direzione Didattica Primo Circolo Novi Ligure (AL, Italy) WWMAPS Jose Domingo Villarroel Villamor, University of the Basque Country, Spain

14. It all depends on what you want to use cmaps for. Deciding purpose first leads to elegance.

15. It all depends on what you want to use cmaps for. Deciding purpose first leads to elegance. Later, to serendipity.