concept mapping :: what can be accomplished

What can be accomplished by concept mapping?

1. Determing focus

Concept mapping is used to discover relationships between concepts and to see a fuller picture, so that you may find a focus for your research if you do not already have one.

2. Generating knowledge from information pieces

When you link the keywords together, you may discover relationships between them. As a result, you may understand a concept better, or you may discover some facts, or see a process.

3. Serving as a parameter for the mental imagery

Knowledge or meaning generated from the concept mapping can used used as parameter to direct the mental imagery process. It is proven that mental imagery is more effective when problems to be solved are clearly presented.