students’ level of understanding. A whole-class map can also be created based on these discussions to document class progress, and engage students.
After their discussion the student make a paragraph with a different tofic.
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d. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Concept Mapping
The use of concept map can give a way to students in representing knowledge especially in language. Not only students can get an ease in study but also the
teacher will be easily to explain the subject or material. There are main advantages that can be used to provide the powerful representation.
1. Teaching and Revision Topic. Using this concept map in teaching, teachers could be more aware of the key concept and reationship among them. This
helps teachers to convey a clear general picture of the topics and their relationship to their students. In this way, it is less likely to miss and
misinterpret any important concepts. 2. Reinforce Understanding. Using concept maps students understanding and
learning more easily. This enables visualization of the key concepts and summarizes their relationship.
3. Check Learning and Identify Misconceptions. the use of concept maps can also consist teachers in evaluating the process of teaching. They can asses
the students’ achievement by identifying misconceptions and missing concepts. Concept mapping is also gaining inroads as atool for problem-
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Jim Vanides, Yue Yin, Miki Tomita, and Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo 2005.Using Concept Maps in The Science Classroom. National Science Teachers Association NSTA. 288, 27-31.
solving in education. Concept mapping may be used to enhance the problem-solving phases of generating alternative solution and options.
Since problem-solving in education is usually done in small groups, learning should also benefit from the communication enhancing properties
of concept mapping. 4. Assessment. Student achievement can be tested or examined by concept
mapping, as the concept maps can also be useassesment tools . the research team around Joseph Novak at Cornell found that an important by product of
concept mapping is its ability to detect or illustrate the “Misconceptions” learners may have as explanations of content matter.the conceptions
students may have are often incomplete and deficient, leading to misunderstanding of instruction. Concept maps drawn by students express
their conceptions and can help the instructor diagnose the misconceptions that make the instruction ineffective.
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Whereas disadvantages of concept mapping in learning that is:
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1. Demand understanding and mastery more material and true, so that some students do not master the material in developing concept maps.
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Ioana Stoica, et.al. 2011. Concept Map, A Must For The Modern Teaching Learning Process. Romanian Report in Physics, 632, 567-576.
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Tom Vilberg,”using concept maping in a sensation and perception course” A paper presented at the national institute for the teaching of Psycology Universit.,1996.[online]. Tersedia
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