Facts and ideas can be mapped in ways that show how they relate to each other. The map drawing usually begins with outlined notes, because few people can think fast enough to construct a map in ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. --A research institute here is taking software designed in part to preserve scientists' knowledge and giving it to schools around the world as a tool to help children learn. The ...

Concept maps are any form of visual representation of information including charts, graphic organizers, tables, flow charts, Venn diagrams, timelines, and matrices. Here, we will focus on the graphic ...

Can first-graders — first-graders, short, 6-7 year olds — create concept maps with labeled nodes and arcs? Yes. Can first-graders create concepts maps collaboratively — working with two to three other ...

Verbal-Linguistic Take notes in different colors: concepts in one, examples in another; underline words/concepts you will transfer to flash cards; ask questions about the assigned reading, such as ...

Put down those science text books and work at recalling information from memory. That's the shorthand take away message of new research that says practicing memory retrieval boosts science learning ...

Put down those science text books and work at recalling information from memory. That's the shorthand take away message of new research from Purdue University that says practicing memory retrieval ...