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Student achievement Students with and without learning disabilities improve achievement across content areas and grade levels. [11] Thinking and learning skills; critical thinking When students develop and use a graphic organizer their higher order thinking and critical thinking skills are enhanced. [11]
Thinking Maps were intended to standardize the language and visual organization used in education, which the company believed would close the achievement gap by establishing common ground. The idea was that if all children have the same background knowledge, less time would be spent teaching and re-teaching thought processes.
Cognitive maps have been studied in various fields, such as psychology, education, archaeology, planning, geography, cartography, architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, management and history. [6] Because of the broad use and study of cognitive maps, it has become a colloquialism for almost any mental representation or model. [6]
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Example concept map created using the IHMC CmapTools computer program. Concept maps are used to stimulate the generation of ideas, and are believed to aid creativity. [4] Concept mapping is also sometimes used for brain-storming. Although they are often personalized and idiosyncratic, concept maps can be used to communicate complex ideas.
The DSRP method has been used extensively in educational settings from preschool through post-secondary settings. The DSRP method, as applied in education, is intended to work with existing subject-specific curricula to build thinking skills and provide a way for students to structure content knowledge. [14]
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